in one's power
Example Sentences
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One must do everything in one's power to spare an honourable gentleman such a humiliation.
From Countess Erika's Apprenticeship by Schubin, Ossip
There are really two kinds of fear—that arising from a realization of the importance of what is to be done, the other from a lack of confidence in one's power.
From Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing by Caruso, Enrico
And then, Fanny, the glory of fixing one who has been shot at by so many; of having it in one's power to pay off the debts of one's sex!
From Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane
"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.
