This book is a potent reminder of how much school culture is a matter of personal chemistry, rather than distant policy making.

She hadn't touched Jake's cup again; it remained on the kitchen windowsill, a potent reminder of everything that was wrong.

(The film) provides a potent reminder that some Americans are willing to pay a heavy price to promote peace.

It was a potent reminder, and he felt both guilty and sad at the thought of losing this fine family.

Royan could act as an all too potent reminder.

It was a potent reminder of the spirituality that still survives in Iran.

Googoosh's staying power is a potent reminder of how badly the clerics have failed.

For Gillian, it was a potent reminder of all that had passed between them last night.

It was a potent reminder of what could easily have happened to any one of them.

The warmth of his body was a potent reminder of the evening before.