powerful emotions

collocation in English

meaningsofpowerfulandemotion

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powerful
adjective
uk
/ˈpaʊə.fəl/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ.fəl/
having a lot of power to control people ...
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emotion
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/us
/ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən/
a strong feeling such as love or anger, or strong feelings ...
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Fun can be forgotten, butpowerfulemotionalso disappears and good arguments lose their thread.
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Anger was apowerfulemotionand its expression brought in its wake methods of rapprochement and reconciliation.
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Like waking stimuli, those that contain powerful emotions and elements of threat.
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This statement cannot be correct because many powerful emotions (such as the sight of the pain-inducing stimulus) may have nothing to do with social behavior.
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Although some may think that it is a straightforward matter, most people have mixed and powerful emotions about the whole issue.
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The sudden loss of work causes deep shock, disbelief, anger, blame and jealousy—all very powerful emotions.
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We have seen what powerful emotions can be stirred up by the pictures of hostages and their families on our television screens night after night.
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Canophilia and canophobia are both very powerful emotions because most of us consider, quite rightly, the dog to be man's best friend.
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The issue attracts powerful emotions.
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I agree that these are matters that excite powerful emotions and that it is wrong unnecessarily to alarm people about the future of their hospital services.
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For instance, tears are produced by the body unconsciously in reaction to powerful emotions.
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His music often contains novel sonic architectures, while still managing to express powerful emotions directly to the listener.
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Gorgias also believed that his magical incantations would bring healing to the human psyche by controlling powerful emotions.
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She turned to writing poems in an attempt to release powerful emotions, and friends outside the gang briefly helped turn her life around.
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He is also mentioned to have lively, black eyes, glittering with savage laughter, indicating that beneath his cold and harsh appearance he is really a man with powerful emotions.
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Moore is particularly known for playing troubled women, and specializes in ordinary women who suppress powerful emotions.
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