Analysts and legal experts say the antitrust argument may prove more potent.

I tried to fight the seductive call of sleep, but it proved increasingly potent.

It proved potent in its own right for drawing cards immediately at any time, rather than the during the upcoming end step.

The issue of sexual harassment has proved potent in this election year.

But for once the threat to expose Wang might prove more potent than the actuality.

It's not yet clear which issues will prove potent for the Mayor.

The drag from America's $263 billion trade deficit proved less potent than one might expect.

It is a setting where the old boy network may prove more potent than talent or single-minded devotion to work.

The pastries proved more potent than many another memory of real importance.

Or the seething clouds might prove too potent for her.