Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: prowess
IPA transcription: [pɹ'aʊəs]
Pronunciations of prowess
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: art, artistry, prowess
    Meaning: a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art"
Usage examples
  • 'The Greeks marched breathing prowess, ...in silent awe of their leaders,'
  • He rejoiced greatly to hear of his father's prowess, and was proud beyond measure of his renown.
  • Then said he thus: Knights full of prowess, slay me not, for by my life ye may win, and by my death ye shall win nothing.
  • So great was his prowess that from the day he was dubbed knight there was no champion who could stand before him in the lists.
  • Not so much for my prowess in war did Jason take me with him in quest of the fleece, far from Parthenia, as for my knowledge of ships.
  • It is commonly said among the gauchos that when a man has proved his prowess by killing a few of his opponents, he is thereafter permitted to live in peace.
  • By my faith, said Arthur, they are two marvellous knights, and namely Balin passeth of prowess of any knight that ever I found, for much beholden am I unto him; would God he would abide with me.
  • She hath a brother, a passing good knight of prowess and a full true man; and this damosel loved another knight that held her to paramour, and this good knight her brother met with the knight that held her to paramour, and slew him by force of his hands.
  • Folk told how a certain knight from beyond the Humber, who had passed the sea in quest of wealth and honour, had so done, that by reason of his prowess, his liberality, and his modesty, men called him the Knight Peerless, since they did not know his name.
  • In the van of the pursuit ran a tall, fair-haired boy, who wore the bright green breeches of a tailor's clerk, who was famous for his prowess in these schoolboy battles, and who, because of his clothes, had been given the picturesque nickname of "Green Breeks."
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording U2, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Laika, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Michael Jordan, License CC BY-SA 4.0