Wield
wield (verb) -
a. to have or use power
b. to hold or use a tool or weapon
wield power
wield power in the affairs of
wield enormous power
wield authority
wield influence
wielded to maximum effect
wield considerable influence
wield a weapon
wield a tool
wield a budget
Example sentences:
* The founder of the company remained as a chairman after his retirement but wielded little authority.
* "Men can only wield power if the women let them," he told them.
* The increasing complexity of everyday business life has led many firms to recruit managers administrators who sometimes wield even more power than the owners of the business.
* When he wanted to wield authority, he switched to a softer more confident and reassuring tone of voice.
* Through the the practice of the block vote, unions wield enormous power in the affairs of political parties.
* There was a growing fear among the citizens of the country that outside forces increasingly wielded power over the domestic economy and possibly over national security.
* Certain large businesses wield more money and power than most government departments.
* Some Transnational Corporations in developing countries are extremely large and wield considerable influence worldwide.
* "So although the pluralist decision-making system is widely supported as a process in which diverse political interests can wield influence, the outcomes of the political bargaining process are frequently allocatively inefficient or fail to promote social justice."
* The ability of any group within the firm to wield power and influence has varied over time.
* The surgeon wielded the scalpel to maximum effect.
* The tiny typist wields such great power.
* Senior citizens in the US have formed organisations such as the AARP so that they could wield greater power.
* The janitor wielded his feather duster with such angry vigour that everyone in the office feared and respected her.
* "Department heads wield budgets and can even use their budgets to buy units of labour from other departments or purchase office space in the new internal market for corporate resources created to ensure more efficient resource allocation," noted the student intern with glee.
