The tears came to Mary Potter's eyes, but she held them hack by a powerful effort.
He checked his words by a powerful effort, and the blood forsook his face.
Controlling himself by a powerful effort, he replied, with forced calmness, "Amabel, you know not what it is to love.
He then controlled himself by a powerful effort, and returned his sword to its scabbard.
Think not to deceive me, my lord," she returned, controlling her emotion by a powerful effort.
A powerful effort of will restored this young fellow's coolness, and ready in an instant with an excuse for his blunder, he replied, "I have changed my mind.
Regaining his self-control by a powerful effort, he preceded Madame de Fondege through the magnificent apartments of the mansion, lightly saying: "My wife is in her boudoir.
It was only by a powerful effort that he restrained himself from indulging in various witticisms which would have been most unseemly in the presence of a poor girl who had just lost her father and all her hopes of fortune.
The interesting young man lifted his hand, and, by dint of a powerful effort, he succeeded in articulating: "Anything you wish!
With a powerful effort he repressed his anger, and said-- "Did I not warn you to avoid that if you could?
March experienced a sensation as if all his larger joints were being dislocated, and felt disposed to cry out, but restrained himself with a powerful effort.
The Chevalier, by a powerful effort, recovered his accustomed assurance and presence of mind.
Wild, freeing himself by a powerful effort, and dealing Jack a violent blow with the heavy bludgeon, which knocked him backwards, "you are not yet a match for Jonathan Wild.
This is folly," cried Jack, controlling himself by a powerful effort.
It is past," rejoined Lady Trafford, recovering herself by a powerful effort; "but never allude to the circumstance again.
Jonathan raised his bludgeon, but controlled himself by a powerful effort.
Ralph, restraining his laughter by a powerful effort.
Redbud, suppressing her emotion by a powerful effort, said, almost coldly, that she felt unwell, and hoped he would let her go up stairs.
Not so, villain," cried Catesby, disengaging himself by a powerful effort.
Overcoming her agony by a powerful effort, she contrived to limp forward; and the whole party was soon after in motion.
An idea rose to his mind that it was the spirit of Guy Fawkes, and, by a powerful effort, he compelled himself to address it.
But he restrained his passion by a powerful effort.
But being too proud to allow the French officer to see his emotion, he controlled it by a powerful effort, and continued to give his orders with his accustomed coolness and precision.
Mastering himself by a powerful effort, he snatched a lemon from a neighbouring tree; he cut it in half, and sustaining the still insensible girl, he chafed her hands, and rubbed her temples with the cool refreshing juice of the fruit.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "powerful effort" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
