Sentence examples for beyond his powers from inspiring English sources

But what if the task is beyond his powers?

What he needs may be beyond his powers: a new story.

From this work on, the Mozart player 'must shoulder a burden of perfection that goes beyond his powers'.

He portrayed Hoover as an honest, caring president trapped by circumstances beyond his powers, and also by his own reserve and cautiousness.

But the best solution, to enlist Europeans and Muslims alike in the stabilisation of Iraq, seems to be beyond his powers.

I suppose he figured, not unreasonably, that if he could enlighten the fashion crowd, no feat of conversion was beyond his powers.

Last year, Judge Haight wrote that that was beyond his power.

Everything he likes to control about Annie is suddenly beyond his power.

It would demand an act of imaginative courage that was probably beyond his power.

Plugging the hole is beyond his power, or, apparently, anyone else's.

It was some admission he offered when conceding it was beyond his power to help his players deal with this pressure.