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.
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.
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
"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)
"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
