Example Sentences

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London Theatre praised the play in its four-star review and said "it is decidedly modern in its outlook, colloquial speech, and, most potently, impact".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Our critic praised it as “a potently moving drama . . . about loss, forgiveness and redemption.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

By that point, Mello has potently established the fatherly warmth his family will sorely miss.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

However, Prof. Muttenthaler's team has successfully created oxytocin compounds that are fully gut-stable yet can still potently and selectively activate the oxytocin receptor.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024

All this soon became potently evident to Joe Rantz and the other boys trying out for the University of Washington’s freshman crew in the fall of 1933.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown