POTENTIALITY in a Sentence

Learn POTENTIALITY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

77 example sentences for POTENTIALITY, such as:

1. Every seed is a potential plant.
2. The city is finally realizing its tourism potential.
3. First we need to identify actual and potential problems.
4. There exist many sources of energy both potential and kinetic.
5. The potential waiter waved him away, and turned, gravely, to me.

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 Meanings and Examples of POTENTIALITY
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potentiality
 n.  inherent capacity for coming into being; an aptitude that may be developed
Classic Sentence:
1  The potential waiter waved him away, and turned, gravely, to me.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 59. RETURN
2  He was neither a peasant tailor, a potential artist, a social complication, nor a peril.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
3  Thus, taken all round, Nozdrev was a person of many aspects and numerous potentialities.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence: (74 in 5 pages)
16  There exist many sources of energy both potential and kinetic.
17  The city is finally realizing its tourism potential.
18  The potential financial boost is a double-edged sword.
19  The company's financial difficulties have deterred potential investors.
20  The ones that we love the most have the greatest potential to hurt us.
21  First we need to identify actual and potential problems.
22  A number of potential buyers have expressed interest in the company.
23  She recognized the potential for error in the method being used.
24  All desires have in them little pleasant taste but rather much potential suffering.
25  The company is being actively considered as a potential partner.
26  Every seed is a potential plant.
27  People under stress tend to express their full range of potential.
28  Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
29  The support systems to enable women to realize their potential at work are seriously inadequate.
30  I was in New Hampshire recently watching the Republican presidential candidates chase each other and potential primary voters around.