Sentence examples of "powerful" in English

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Translations: all22 puissant17 fort1 other translations4
The soldiers had more powerful weapons. Les soldats disposaient d'armes d'une puissance de feu supérieure.
That flower has a powerful smell. Cette fleur exhale un parfum entêtant.
The explosion was so powerful that the roof was blown away. L'explosion fut telle que le toit fut soufflé.
What would happen if two powerful nations with different languages - such as United States and China - would agree upon the experimental teaching of Esperanto in elementary schools? Que se passerait-il si deux grandes puissances aux langues différentes, telles que les États-Unis d'Amérique et la Chine, s'accordaient pour l'enseignement expérimental de l'espéranto dans les écoles élémentaires ?
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