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How to use prowess in a sentence

26 example sentences · noun

Prowess means skillfulness or extraordinary ability in a particular area of expertise; dexterity, mastery, or proficiency. Example: “She loves to show off her driving prowess.”

More sentences with prowess

  • She loves to show off her driving prowess.From the entry show off
  • Lewis also praised Taiwan’s technological prowess, calling it a “world leader” in the tech industry.2022 August 11, Kelvin Chen, “Saint Lucia ambassador stands with Taiwan”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2022. From the entry Saint Lucia
  • They stood in relation to these various tribes as an Ur-Germanic people of remarkable size and prowess.2010, John D. Niles, Homo Narrans: The Poetics and Anthropology of Oral Literature. From the entry Ur-Germanic
  • Extraverts, because of their verbal prowess, would be able to smooth-talk their way through almost any situation.2009, Otto Kroeger, Janet M. Thuesen, Hile Rutledge, Type Talk at Work, →ISBN. From the entry smooth-talk
  • Instead he hulked his way towards Kruger again as the crowd ooohd and aaahd at the prowess.2008, Craig Conte, Millennial Reign, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 301. From the entry hulk
  • Not, I am bound to say, that Lindsay was belauding his own prowess.1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major. From the entry belaud
  • But these gains have been the fruit of technical prowess in the field, not the pursuit of growth.2026 March 4, Benoît Morenne, “Why American Frackers Aren’t Rushing to Pump More Oil: U.S. shale giants won’t budge from their plans…. From the entry shale
  • Foursquare likes to show off its data-crunching prowess with predictions.2017 March 1, Aaron Gell, “The Not-So-Surprising Survival of Foursquare”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications…. From the entry burrito bowl
  • Satisfied with my prowess as a dip-netter, I dunked the quivering mass and let them continue on their frantic run.2013, Joe Fitzgerald, Chasing Pisces in Nova Scotia: An Angling Odyssey, →ISBN. From the entry dip-netter
  • And of all the species of men, geeks being the least known for their prowess, Delaney decided they’d been sorely underrated.2009, Dakota Cassidy, chapter 6, in Kiss & Hell, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Sensation, →ISBN, page 90. From the entry bow-chick-a-wow-wow
  • Fathers worry about the little bugger’s sport’s prowess.2008, Denis Beckett, “Explaining prawns”, in Magenta, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press; Johannesburg: Saga…. From the entry motherlily
  • Nothing to do with his physical prowess.2007, Dave Cox, Gone for a Burton. From the entry more like
  • With the necessary prowess of the semiliterate, Heed had a flawless memory, and like most nonreaders, she was highly numerate.2003, Toni Morrison, Love, Vintage (2016), page 75. From the entry semiliterate
  • Jefferson’s intellectual prowess led some political opponents to dismiss him as a visionary, but he was remarkably successful in politics.1991, Noble E. Cunningham, Jr., “Jefferson, Thomas”, in Eric Foner, John A. Garraty, editors, The Reader’s Companion to American History…. From the entry visionary
  • Bo championing the area’s industrial prowess.2012 May 5, Dan Levin, “China, in Old Tradition, Races to Airbrush Fallen Leader Out of Public Life”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry Liangjiang
  • Even fresh Cacks with some prowess on the rugby or cricket field are likely to get it slightly easier than their quivering peers.2009, Matthew Knight, Between the Lines: The Spirit of South African Rugby, page 106. From the entry cack
  • Clearing a space between the tables, the men tested their prowess against one another with feats of wrestling and archery and bouts with quarterstaves.2008, Christopher Paolini, Brisingr: Or The Seven Promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular - Inheritance Book Three, →ISBN…. From the entry man
  • The "Merchant Navy" class locomotives have lost none of their speedworthiness in the extensive rebuilding and this was certainly a good example of their prowess.1959 October, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 705. From the entry speedworthiness
  • The heart of the ceremony remains the parade of nations: the world shrunk to an hourlong cortège, when athletic prowess takes a back seat to country-by-country voguing.2024 July 25, Jason Farago, “Why the Olympics’ Parade of Nations Is the World’s Costume Party”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry cortège
  • Many of the initial responses to GPT-4’s exam prowess were predictably immoderate: AI can keep up with human lawyers, or apply to Stanford, or make “education” useless.2023 March 21, Ian Bogost, “Is This the Singularity for Standardized Tests?”, in The Atlantic. From the entry immoderate
  • Early on it was the Bulldogs who were clearly the aggressors, playing hard in the paint and getting baskets with muscle more than with their shooting prowess.2013 December 12, “JV Dogs suffer first loss, 47-41”, in Martinez (California) News-Gazette. From the entry paint
  • Omnipresent but obscure, family owned but by no means puny, Beckhoff is among thousands of “hidden champions” that account for much of Germany's prowess as a manufacturer and exporter.2012 April 14, “What Germany offers the world”, in The Economist. From the entry hidden champion
  • Eich’s purpose in creating JavaScript was to give Web developers— not known for their technical prowess — an easy way to add bits of interactivity to pages.2007, Peter-Paul Koch, ppk on JavaScript, Berkeley, CA: New Riders, →ISBN, page 17. From the entry copy-paster
  • During that summer the city was entertaining the residents by staging aquashows featuring many beautiful girls, displaying their talents and water prowess in the staged water ballets.1996, The Pillar Monthly, volume 97, numbers 6-11, page 138. From the entry aquashow
  • There is a small group of seniors who broadcast their plans for ensuing week-ends with voices intended to reflect great credit to their financial and social prowess.1933 November, “Walter Windshield - Again”, in C. Brooks Peters, editor, The Lehigh Burr, volume LI, number 2, Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh…. From the entry flushedly
  • What is known as his Utengi is a kind of battle-chant, extolling his own prowess and taunting his enemies, quite in the fashion of a Norse kempery-man.1928, “Native Poetry in East Africa”, in Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, volume 1, number 3, pages 348-57. From the entry kempery-man

Meaning of prowess

  1. noun Skillfulness or extraordinary ability in a particular area of expertise; dexterity, mastery, or proficiency.
  2. noun Distinguished bravery or courage, especially in battle; heroism.
  3. noun An act of adroitness or dexterity.

Full definition of prowess

Questions about prowess in a sentence

How do you use prowess in a sentence?
Prowess is used as a noun. For example: “She loves to show off her driving prowess.”
What is a short sentence with prowess?
“Bo championing the area’s industrial prowess.”
What does prowess mean?
Prowess means skillfulness or extraordinary ability in a particular area of expertise; dexterity, mastery, or proficiency.

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