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Example sentences for: wields

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The chairman typically wields substantial power in setting the board's agenda and determining the outcome of votes.
He wields the thunderbolt, which is useful both as a weapon and as a way of extracting himself from the sticky situations he often finds himself in.
Add the likelihood of a major-party presidential nomination to the list, and you have a governor who wields a sizable amount of power, even if it can't be found in the state constitution.
The broad brush paints a picture of self-righteousness, whoever wields it.
In the middle of the nearby Pond of Neptune (Vasca del Nettuno), the burly sea god wields his trident in petrified parody of one of the Boboli’s gardeners.