Vocabulary Word
Word: potent
Definition: powerful; convincing; persuasive; greatly influential
Definition: powerful; convincing; persuasive; greatly influential
Sentences Containing 'potent'
This gave me a chance to get acquainted with one of the pilots, and he taught me how to steer the boat, and thus made the fascination of river life more potent than ever for me.
We have said that Teresa was handsome, but this is not all; Teresa was endowed with all those wild graces which are so much more potent than our affected and studied elegancies.
Here we see how potent has been the effect of the introduction of a single tree, nothing whatever else having been done, with the exception of the land having been enclosed, so that cattle could not enter.
Can the principle of selection, which we have seen is so potent in the hands of man, apply under nature?
Habit in producing constitutional peculiarities, and use in strengthening, and disuse in weakening and diminishing organs, appear in many cases to have been potent in their effects.
As an example, I have attempted to show how potent has been the influence of the Glacial period on the distribution of the same and of allied species throughout the world.
'I tell you what, Steerforth,' said I, 'if your high spirits will listen to me--' 'They are potent spirits, and will do whatever you like,' he answered, moving from the table to the fireside again.
Nor, in some historic instances, has the art of human malice omitted so potent an auxiliary.
Meantime, Ahab, out of hearing of his officers, having sided the furthest to windward, was still ranging ahead of the other boats; a circumstance bespeaking how potent a crew was pulling him.
For instance, Rifampicin is known for its potent effect and ability to prevent drug resistance.
Despite the fact that Rifamycin B is a mild antibacterial compound, it is known to be the precursor of various other clinically utilized potent derivatives.
HU-210 is 100 to 800 times more potent than natural THC from cannabis and has an extended duration of action.
HU-210 is a potent analgesic with many of the same effects as natural THC.
In Latin the inscription reads ICORI(X) FILIUS / POTENT / INI (Icorix, son of Potentinus).
It is a highly potent analgesic drug several thousand times stronger than morphine, with a similar "in vivo" potency to etorphine.
It traced its origins to potent wildcats such as the .224 Harvey Kay-Chuk, which ultimately derive from the .22 Hornet.
Assassins were the one who sought to form an alliance with him, consequently depriving the Crusaders of a potent ally against him.
Allmusic reviewer Jason Birchmeier describes The Dayton Family's musical style as "potent hardcore rap."
Douresseaux also cited Rei Izumi's art as "cute" and how her "visuals are also emotionally potent."
Cif is far more potent when applied in OMVs, likely due to efficiency of delivery.
It is 4-6x more potent than midazolam, and slightly shorter acting, and produces similar side effects such as sedation and amnesia.
RH-34 is a compound which acts as a potent and selective partial agonist for the 5-HT2A serotonin receptor subtype.
Fire was and still is the most potent means of driving the evil spirits away.
Another class of potent natural sweeteners are the sweet proteins such as thaumatin, found in the West African katemfe fruit.
One class of these inhibits the perception of sweet tastes, whether from sugars or from highly potent sweeteners.
This model has successfully directed efforts aimed at finding highly potent sweeteners, including the most potent family of sweeteners known to date, the guanidine sweeteners.
The most potent of these, lugduname, is about 225,000 times sweeter than sucrose.
Guanfacine may be a potent 5-hydroxytryptamine2B (5-HT2B) receptor agonist, potentially contributing to valvulopathy.
Parallel Functional Activity Profiling Reveals Valvulopathogens Are Potent 5-Hydroxytryptamine2B Receptor Agonists: Implications for Drug Safety Assessment
"Nicotiana rustica" is the most potent strain of tobacco known.
NS-2710 is a potent but non-selective partial agonist at GABAA receptors, although with little efficacy at the α1 subtype and more at α2 and α3.
it’s the most potent Roots release since the one-two punch of "Things Fall Apart" and its predecessor, "Illadelph Halflife"".
The belief in immortality remains particularly potent for him, both as a factor of faith and as a solace amidst the difficulties of life.
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The Rams and Buccaneers would slug it out for most of the game, with the Buccaneers defense holding the Rams highly-potent offense in check.
Ibandronate is a potent bisphosphonate drug used in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.
The N-methyl and thiophen-3-yl analogues are also known and are somewhat more potent, though still generally weaker than the corresponding amphetamines.
After being condemned to death for impiety in 399 BC, Socrates was given a potent infusion of the hemlock plant.
Neoconservatives claim the "conviction that communism was a monstrous evil and a potent danger."
Humans may have evolved with natural psychoactive substances, but modern psychoactive substances, such as heroin, are far more potent than those likely found in the EEA.
It brewed the extremely potent beer "Samichlaus".
Cyclophosphamide (Baxter's Cytoxan) is probably the most potent immunosuppressive compound.
Tacrolimus is more potent than ciclosporin and has less pronounced side-effects.
Myriocin has been reported being 10 to 100 times more potent than Ciclosporin.
Of the world's psilocybin mushrooms, it is the most common in nature, and one of the most potent.
They concluded that the species was one of the most potent, as well as the most constant in psilocybin levels.
The most potent compounds from this family, novichok-5 and novichok-7, are supposedly around five to eight times more potent than VX.
It's a potent and moving experience, because by the end you feel you've witnessed nothing less than the birth of a soul."
A 2010 study reported that BanLec was a potent inhibitor of HIV replication.
In 2010, BanLec was reported to be a potent inhibitor of HIV replication.
Instead of a feedback-built potent wave of electromagnetic radiation, a SASER delivers a potent sound wave. Some methods for sound amplification of GHz-THz have been proposed so far.