Sentence examples for lost its potency from inspiring English sources

Had its author intended the collection as an expose merely of a political system, it might have lost its potency.

Diamond: This crystal worked in 100 A.D., but it has slowly lost its potency and now has the mystical powers of a lowly piece of gravel.

Littlewood's production, juxtaposing familiar rousing songs from the Great War and the shocking reality of battle, was controversial then and it hasn't lost its potency, recently attracting the ire of education secretary Michael Gove for being "unpatriotic".

It may have lost its potency because Gardner got ahead of the inevitable Democratic attacks on the issue by disavowing his past support for personhood measures and publishing an op-ed in The Denver Post announcing his support for making birth control available over the counter.

This practice severely endangers the vaccine and it is possible that by the time vaccine reaches the child, it may have lost its potency due to the interruption of cold chain.

It's one of those ubiquitous images that has lost its potency over the years but it belies a skill that Man Ray, who made the photo titled Le Violon d'Ingres, often pulled so effortlessly out of his creative tool bag.

Spent fuel must be isolated from the environment for hundreds of thousands of years before it loses its potency.

When you start interpreting something it loses its potency; I think that rings true for this film specifically because it vacillates between dream and nightmare.

When using manure use it right away or it will lose its potency.

Moreover, wheat pollen rapidly loses its potency once it leaves the plant.

And, the CDC notes: "Chemicals are added to vaccines to inactivate a virus or bacteria and stabilize the vaccine, helping to preserve the vaccine and prevent it from losing its potency over time.