in one's power
Example Sentences
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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.
Mercy is also used in the wider sense of refraining from harshness or cruelty toward those who are in one's power without fault of their own; as, they besought the robber to have mercy.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
To what a gigantic growth the temptation must rush up each time that one thinks she is utterly in one's power!
From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.
"But is it always in one's power to pass on one's possessions?" questioned Max.
From The Keeper of the Door by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
They are really a loss of confidence in one's power to do things and a passing astasia-abasia.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
