How to pronounce powerful

Listen to powerful in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“powerful” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.

  1. the powerful, powerful tools, but no technology specific.

    Census Bureau · watch from 159:24 · hear it here

  2. of them very very powerful um very very powerful stakeholders very very powerful vested interests >>

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 71:23 · hear it here

  3. Um, and that was an incredibly powerful powerful thing.

    UK Parliament · watch from 18:48 · hear it here

  4. A very powerful hurricane and a large, powerful hurricane.

    NOAA · watch from 0:30 · hear it here

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