was empowering
- past progressive of empower.
Example Sentences
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He highlighted that City Hall had planted 640,000 trees and was empowering communities to transform areas through the mayor's £12m Green Roots Fund.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Another part of U.S. strategy was empowering allies and partners not only in Europe but in Asia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
“What surprised me about writing the book was that a theme came to me which I didn’t expect, and that was empowering young people,” Stern says.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024
Before his second meeting with Greene, Johnson shrugged off concerns that he was empowering one of his most vocal critics by engaging with her.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024
My goal with Dollywould was to create a space that was empowering to young people—especially young women—who had tastes outside of the mainstream and felt lonely, like no one understood them.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
