The phrase "a potent emotion" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a strong or intense feeling that has a significant impact on a person or situation.
Example: "The film evoked a potent emotion that left the audience in tears."
Alternatives: "a powerful feeling" or "an intense emotion."
Nevertheless, the research throws a spotlight on a potent emotion that we deny or deride but ignore at our peril.
The master of suspense wasn't apologetic about creating fear, because it's a potent emotion, and he was fortunate (or, if you will, cynical) enough to believe that for a filmmaker no emotion was better than any other.
Nonetheless, Newton never forgets his desire to reunite with his family no matter the score -- a potent emotion that wound its way into later films like Steven Spielberg's iconic masterpiece, "E.T".
"Because if we feel sad about what's happening, that's a really potent emotion.
That a piece constructed with such fanatical rigor can convey such potent emotion is the greatest mystery of all.
This can be especially potent in small groups in which the leader is projecting a strong emotion like anger, said Leigh Thompson, an organizational psychologist at Northwestern University.
The Jungle Books have all the elements I want my books to have: beautifully textured poetic prose, a richly imagined world, potent emotions, big ideas, page-turning action, and at their heart, a magnificent unlikely hero.
Mixing a love of food with potent emotions — think "Babette's Feast," "Eat Drink Man Woman" and "Big Night" — "The Lunchbox" succeeds by leavening its simple story of mistaken identity with wonderful neo-realistic observations of ordinary middle class life in Mumbai and environs.
But as he senses that his wife (Nora Gregor, above) may be slipping out of his grasp and into the arms of an earnest, lovestruck aviator (Roland Toutain), he betrays shadowy but potent emotions that can't be controlled with a good windup.
The potent emotions generated by such a bloody outrage, combined with Florida's lax gun laws and the shooter's embrace of Isis in calls made during the rampage, have the potential to send the race for the White House in unpredictable directions.
"That's why the two of them team up - they are driven by their potent emotions," says Webb. "Harry is a foil for Peter.
