Sentence examples for potent face from inspiring English sources

Yet he remained the most potent face of terrorism around the world, and some of those who played down his role in recent years nonetheless celebrated his death.

Within hours it had become one of the most potent threats faced by the ­Iranian regime in 30 years.

Welbeck now hopes England can become more potent when they face the Swedes after making a solid start in Group D. Hodgson's side were satisfied with their performance in the draw against the French but the United forward wants to see more of an attacking threat.

Once considered a potent contender, the face of his party's libertarian wing has fared poorly.

B. anthracis natural or acquired resistance to broad spectrum antibiotics [ 12– 14], as well as poor penetration of doxycycline into the central nervous system of infected individuals, necessitate the search for new antimicrobials that could offer effective and potent alternatives in face of bioterrorist attack or anthrax epidemics [ 4].

The marriage-equality effort faces potent and determined resistance, and I'm reminded of this daily by my inbox.

The sport faced potent competition, not only from other professional sports (especially gridiron football) but even more from a massive conversion of Americans from public to private, at-home diversions.

Thus, Roy faces potent antagonists in the courts of law and public opinion; their calumnies throttle her freedom of speech and also destroy the relative freedom from worldly encumbrance and anxiety that allows a writer to stay in a room of her own and write.

My most potent and tense face-off was the pairing of Steve McQueen and Paul Newman in Irwin Allen's The Towering Inferno (1974): McQueen was the heroic fire chief who had to tackle the high-rise blaze and Newman was the architect whose original plans had been ignored by dodgy construction chiefs cutting corners on safety.

The Rangers (13-13-0-0) will face the potent Colorado Avalanche on Sunday night at Madison Square Garden.

Along with Elizabeth Warren, de Blasio is the most visible face and potent voice of a new political spirit.