Sentence examples for potent if from inspiring English sources

Potential remains potent if unused.

It's especially potent if the phone's speaker is within earshot of an unwanted visitor.

Ontogeny, a company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is working with the potent, if improbably named, protein "sonic hedgehog".

If an artist's role is to visualise emotions we find too powerful to elucidate, then Harvey's potent, if macabre, image is very cathartic indeed.

Environmental groups point out that pesticide regulators may simply ignore an antimicrobial product, no matter how potent, if its manufacturer and distributors avoid making health claims.

Evgeny Nikitin proved a potent if youthful Wanderer, Sergei Leiferkus a suave Alberich, Qiu Lin Zhang a transfixing Erda and Olga Sergeeva a luminous Brünnhilde.

The dream was a potent - if elusive - rallying cry for action, and too hard to resist given what was on offer: a mini-state short of expectations irresponsibly fed for generations.

But Mr. Gore's strategy for using it to his advantage would have to change -- and could in the end prove to be less potent -- if his Republican opponent turned out to be Senator John McCain rather than Gov. George W. Bush.

It's a potent concept: if you're an alcoholic or a drug addict, then you're ill.

Better was the frozen strawberry Negroni, with puréed strawberries and orange juice that mitigated its potent bite, if only slightly.

And though bravery and community spirit should be applauded, vigilantism is a potent drug if enjoyed for too long.