Sentence examples for powers at work from inspiring English sources

There are powers at work in this country of which we have no knowledge".

Is it just a matter of willpower or are other powers at work?

In The Gospel According to John, Jesus promises his disciples an increase of their divine powers that is to exceed even the spiritual powers at work in himself (John 14 12).

I haven't heard anything so amusingly portentous since the Queen apparently spent several hours telling Paul Burrell that "there are powers at work in this country about which we have no knowledge".

It may conveniently be contrasted with monism, which sees the world as consisting of one principle such as mind (spirit) or matter; with monotheism; or with various pluralisms and polytheisms, which see a multiplicity of principles or powers at work.

What on earth did the queen mean with her quasi-Shakespearean warning to Mr. Burrell that "there are powers at work in this country about which we have no knowledge"?

In an interview with THUMP, she said: "It's basically power-relationships, power-play, power dynamics at work with the body language".

There may have been a higher power at work here.

"There was a higher power at work here".

"You have to wonder if there's some unreal power at work".

Or is some more magical power at work -- does some sorcerer have the zeitgeist in thrall?