WIELD in a Sentence
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12 example sentences for WIELD, such as:
1. A man used to wielding an axe fought best on foot.
2. The Traders will never again wield as much power as we did.
3. It was as if a thousand axes, wee and invisible, were being wielded.
4. Nevertheless, this old man's was a patient hammer wielded by a patient arm.
5. Protesters, anxious over the spending cuts, urged councillors to think again before wielding the axe.
2. The Traders will never again wield as much power as we did.
3. It was as if a thousand axes, wee and invisible, were being wielded.
4. Nevertheless, this old man's was a patient hammer wielded by a patient arm.
5. Protesters, anxious over the spending cuts, urged councillors to think again before wielding the axe.
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Meanings and Examples of WIELD
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wield
v. handle with skill; exercise effectively; have power over; rule or manage
Classic Sentence:
1 My friend, my father," said Morrel with excitement, "have a care, I again repeat, for the power you wield over me alarms me.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise.
Context Highlight In Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise.
2 Over thought and religion; drink; dress; manners; marriage too, I wield my truncheon.
3 Emulously they keep their guard, these with javelins, those with stones, and wield fire and fit arrows on the string.
4 Nevertheless, this old man's was a patient hammer wielded by a patient arm.
5 Throwing a last and lingering glance at the distant canoes, he laid aside his rifle, and, relieving the wearied Duncan, resumed the paddle, which he wielded with sinews that never tired.
6 It was as if a thousand axes, wee and invisible, were being wielded.
7 And he carved out little wooden feet for her, and crutches, taught her the psalm criminals always sing; and she kissed the hand which had wielded the axe, and went over the heath.
8 No eye could see him, save that ever-wakeful one which had seen him in his closet, wielding the bloody scourge.
Example Sentence:
1 The Traders will never again wield as much power as we did.
2 Finally, the weight of scientific evidence, wielded by an implacable defense attorney, got Miller released and another man indicted.
3 A man used to wielding an axe fought best on foot.
4 Protesters, anxious over the spending cuts, urged councillors to think again before wielding the axe.