How to use "potent" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "potent" in popular movie and book plots

  • She could have had a life as potent and dangerous as literature itself".  - The Hours (novel)
  • When Yuu gets home, Eri accosts him with an even larger batch of more potent love chocolates.  - Super Taboo
  • The two spent much of their childhood with Medivh Aran, who was the most powerful of the trio, and a potent magician.  - Warcraft: The Last Guardian
  • To correct the imbalance, he created Kain, a creature potent enough to destroy the Circle.  - Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
  • Lola and Marina come face to face at the reception and exchange some comically potent insults, as they smile and pose for the cameras.  - The Mirror Crack'd
  • Some staves are more potent for destruction; others, for healing.  - Vril
  • Says Penrose: "Psychopathy is its own most potent cure, and always has been.  - Super-Cannes
  • At the meeting, Elmo pitches POS 51, a synthetic drug that can be produced with minimal facilities and is 51 times as potent as other drugs.  - The 51st State
  • Egg pours each of the group a potent potion that Jack says makes him feel "kind of invincible".  - Big Trouble in Little China
  • The villagers distill a potent sweet potato brandy in a matter of days which finds a ready market in the American army.  - The Teahouse of the August Moon (film)
  • Ultimately, Sykes and Francisco track down Harcourt, where he is secretly negotiating a timetable for a release of the potent narcotic.  - Alien Nation (film)
  • The Odor is so potent that Gas masks, and NBC Suits offer no protection against its effects.  - Memories (1995 film)
  • He gives her one final packet of herbs, telling her that these will create a potent love potion.  - Alice (1990 film)
  • The EGO virus, believed to be the most potent computer virus ever known, has infected its collective consciousness.  - Rise of the Robots
  • Moe also takes notice of a fiddler (Larry) who happens to be playing the potent tune at the restaurant.  - Punch Drunks
  • The mutated drug shows itself to have potent aphrodisiac effects, leading to Warren and Chrissy having sex in Eddie's loft.  - Class of Nuke 'Em High

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