Sentences with strength
strength
S s - She has always been encouraged to swim to build up the strength of her muscles. [+ of]
- Something gave me the strength to overcome the difficulty.
- Strength refers to the inherent capacity to act upon or affect something, to endure, to resist, etc. [the strength to lift something, tensile strength]; power, somewhat more general, applies to the ability, latent or exerted, physical or mental, to do something [the power of the press, of a machine, etc.]; force usually suggests the actual exertion of power, esp. in producing motion or overcoming opposition [the force of gravity]; may1 auxiliary verb. suggests great or overwhelming strength or power [with all one's might]; energy specifically implies latent power for doing work or affecting something [the energy in an atom]; potency refers to the inherent capacity or power to accomplish something [the potency of a drug]
- He checked the strength of the cables. [+ of]
- America values its economic leadership, and the political and military strength that goes with it.
- He was surprised at the strength of his own feeling. [+ of]
- Take into account your own strengths and weaknesses.
- ...the long-term competitive strength of the American economy. [+ of]
- ...elite forces, comprising about one-tenth of the strength of the army. [+ of]
- Its oscillation depends on the strength of the gravitational field.
- It is very alcoholic, sometimes near the strength of port.
- The wine has lots of strength of flavour. [+ of]
- Their chief strength is technology
- The strength of an argument
- At full strength
- To get the strength of something
- A battalion at full strength
- A generic version of a drug must have the same active ingredients and the same strength as the original.On labels, the concentration of the active ingredient is shown to indicate the drug's strength.The strength of a chemical or drug is the concentration of the active ingredient in it.
- A regiment with a strength of 3000.
- The strength of his plea.
- The alcoholic strength of brandy far exceeds that of wine.
- Coffee of normal strength.
- The Bible was her strength and joy.
- Stocks continued to show strength. The pound declined in strength.
- He was accepted by the college on the strength of ardent personal recommendations.