in one's power
Example Sentences
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When one falls into distress, one should raise one's self by all means in one's power, mild or stern; and after such rise, when competent, one should practise righteousness.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
One must do everything in one's power to spare an honourable gentleman such a humiliation.
From Countess Erika's Apprenticeship by Schubin, Ossip
Still, one oughtn't, if possible, to give way to these impulses: one ought to do all that's in one's power to prevent such a miserable termination to one's divinely allotted existence.
From Philistia by Allen, Grant
"A man to worship, to sacrifice all and everything to, that it was in one's power to sacrifice."
From Cynthia Wakeham's Money by Green, Anna Katharine
To agree to pray is a hearty promise also to do all in one's power to work with the Lord.
From Health, Healing, and Faith by Conwell, Russell H.
