empower
verb (used with object)
to give power or authority to; authorize, especially by legal or official means.
was empowering
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past progressiveof empower.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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They said that alcohol-free socialising was empowering, avoided hangovers and let them meet like-minded people.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
“I really liked the Cherry character. I thought it was empowering that they put a mother on the show.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 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
For Guzmán and others, the access was empowering, enabling them to grow their audiences.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2023
It was empowering to help dismantle the definitions of beauty that too often erased women of color and almost never included hijabi women.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
