Usage examples of "tir puissant" in French with translation to English

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Son discours devenait de plus en plus puissant à mesure qu'il progressait. His speech had more and more power as it went along.
Cette église fut détruite par un tir d'obus. This church was destroyed by cannon fire.
L'attrait des femmes pour la minceur est puissant. Young girls' desire for slim figures is strong.
Pensez-vous que le tir fut accidentel ? Do you think the shooting was accidental?
J'ai été brusquement réveillé par un bruit puissant. I was suddenly awakened by a loud noise.
On ne pense jamais qu'on ira à la guerre et qu'on finira par tomber sous un tir ami. You never think you'll go to war and end up a victim of friendly fire.
Un puissant courant d'air descendant fit plonger l'avion. A powerful downdraft sent the plane plunging.
Le mégalomane diffère du narcissique en ce qu'il désire être puissant plutôt que charmant, et cherche à être craint plutôt qu'aimé. À ce type de personnalité correspondent plusieurs dérangés mentaux et la majorité des grands hommes de l'histoire. The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.
Il est puissant. He is powerful.
On dit que ce canon est très puissant. This gun is reportedly very powerful.
Un dieu tout puissant pourrait-il créer une pierre qu'il ne pourrait pas lui-même soulever ensuite ? Could an almighty god create a stone that he would not be able to subsequently lift?
Claude, voyant un homme puissant devant lui, vit que les choses semblaient sérieuses et comprit qu'il n'avait pas ici tout à fait la même pré-éminence qu'à Rome, où personne n'était son égal. Claudius, seeing a mighty man before him, saw things looked serious and understood that here he had not quite the same pre-eminence as at Rome, where no one was his equal.
Cet ordinateur est puissant, efficace et simple à utiliser. This computer is powerful, efficient, and easy to use.
L'éléphant est un animal puissant. An elephant is a strong animal.
Christophe Colomb était connu pour arrêter habituellement son réveille-matin d'un puissant coup de poing. Malheureusement, en ce temps là, son réveille-matin était son Second. Christopher Columbus was notorious for repeatedly snoozing his alarm clock by hitting it with his fist. Unfortunately, his "alarm clock" was usually his first mate.
C'est incroyablement puissant. It's incredibly powerful.
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