Words similar to wielded

Example sentences for: wielded

How can you use “wielded” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Because OIPR had ultimate authority to decide what was presented to the FISA Court, it wielded extraordinary power in the FISA process.
What makes Eleanor's growing love of power so fascinating--and troublesome--is that it had to be wielded with either extreme ingenuousness or extreme disingenuousness, and it's hard to figure out which.
Morrison has wielded so effortlessly in the past."
For instance, the NYT reports that when Clinton suggested that the grand jurors themselves wielded a definition of sex, that like his, required sexual intercourse, some of the jurors sent back word that no, they wanted him to address more specifically what he and Lewinsky did, but Clinton politely refused.
I am not as sanguine as Safire, and believe that using the word will always carry some slight risk: It may be wielded as a slur and received as a compliment, or vice versa.