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Meaning wield meaning

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wield

— verb have and exercise wield power and authority — verb (= handle, manage) handle effectively The burglar wielded an axe The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well

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Conjugation wield conjugation

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wield · verb

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Simple sentences

Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it.
It is dangerous to wield an edged tool in such a way.
Do you know how to wield an epee?

Movie subtitles

But it's not just anyone who can successfully wield the knife.
No other arm shall wield it but mine.
Wherever the flag rises over some lonely Army post.. there may be one man.. fated to wield the sword of destiny.
I hear they're teaching them how to wield a sword.
Wield me.
Lizzie Borden won't get to wield her ax.
You can't expect to wield supreme executive power. because some watery tart threw a sword at you.
As a human being, I don't think we have the right to wield such power.
To wield it you would have to become Sauron.
Ninebladed not two or five or seven, but nine which he will wield on all wretched sinners, just like you, sir, there.
I only know how to wield a sword.
Nobody shall wield Excalibur but me.
And the land will have an heir to wield Excalibur.
If only you could see me wield Excalibur once more.
Whatever the case, it appears that all of them wield a significant amount of social clout.
Why not we who wield the power?
When I was very little, that was my measure of growing up. when I could wield that sword.
Wield your thermometer, I'll tackle Sir Horace.
You can't expect to wield supreme executive power 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you.
And the sword you wield. ought to be a merciless one.
Nine-bladed! Not two or five or seven, but nine! Which he will wield on all wretched sinners.
Where is your sword, the trusty sword that I may wield in combat when the rage my heart still holds shall burst from my breast?
The tangibility of ego, that we can see. A submission to the narrow labyrinth of one's own sensual passion. The belief in the importance of those who wield power over us means the creation of evil, calling evil from the dark.
As long as I sit upon this throne and wield this blessed sword, I am Arthur, your King!
Genetic power's the most awesome force the planet's ever seen but you wield it like a kid that's found his dad's gun.
Rafaj, let me at least wield some clay.
The real rulers of the State. are unknown, faceless manipulators. who, because they are not known. are able to wield power without let or hindrance.
Genetic power's the most awesome force the planet's ever seen, but you wield it like a kid that's found his dad's gun.
But if I win, well, it's not inconceivable that at the last minute, maybe neither Leo or I will be able to wield the axe.
Wield the hatchet.
It is often exciting to wield power at the lowest level, that of life or death.
He wants to install Kramer in a puppet regime and then wield power from behind the scenes.
As long as I'm cool and wield some kind of power.
You don't usually wield such a blunt instrument.

News and current affairs

As a result of Serbia's predicament, he accumulated more power than prime ministers typically wield.
In particular, they object to the plan's proposal to give increased powers and responsibilities to the Secretary General, whose selection is effectively in the hands of the Security Council's five permanent members, which wield veto power.
The answer is that the kind of power that big banks wield today is very different from what was imagined by the Sherman Act's drafters - or by the people who shaped its application in the early years of the twentieth century.
With the EU's internal borders reduced to purely administrative boundaries, this task has passed to institutions that wield immense preemptive authority over member states.
Its leaders bucked the power of coal and oil interests, which wield enormous power in Australia.
But it also faced opposition from a variety of other, far less democratically minded, forces, including holdovers from Hosni Mubarak's regime, who continue to wield influence in official institutions.
Mexico City's middle-class residents - who wield disproportionate influence countrywide - are also incensed, both at the teachers for disrupting their lives and at the federal and local authorities for failing to restore order.
Though some of Iraq's conservative local clerics wield considerable influence, its current leaders will resist any drive to transform the country into a socially repressive and isolated state.
So the FPC would wield instruments such as capital ratios or loan-to-value ratios to manage liquidity, and placing two instruments for two targets - liquidity and inflation - within the BOE would ensure coordination.
Greenpeace and many others claim that GM foods merely enable big companies like Monsanto to wield near-monopoly power.
The identity of the new king is clear, but who will really wield power is not.
Many mainstream European politicians and parties now espouse anti-immigration policies, express greater skepticism toward European integration, or wield a form of anti-Semitism that masquerades as criticism of Israel's policies.
What will it mean to wield power in the global information age of the twenty-first century?
Of course, the Central American nations do not wield huge influence in Mexico; if anything, it is the other way around.
As a result, the traditional power of states and leaders is declining; in today's global economy, innovators, not politicians, wield the most influence.
The question is whether it is realistic to hope for success unless the government resorts to far more blunt instruments than it currently seems prepared to wield.
But can China be persuaded to wield its influence constructively, rather than maintaining its pretense of neutrality when its assistance is badly needed?
And banks' boards of directors, which wield ultimate control, are not legally required to consider the broader impact of their actions on others.
Third, Greece's eurozone partners wield a massive stick that is typically absent in sovereign-debt negotiations.
Under Khamenei's leadership, an unholy trinity of nouveau-riche Revolutionary Guardsmen, hard-line clergymen, and indoctrinated Basij militiamen increasingly wield power.
Saakashvili must be pressured to abandon his effort to wield full control over Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Confused and self-absorbed, Europe is not in the best position to wield influence.
Three cases before the country's increasingly assertive Supreme Court promise to take Pakistan from the phase of demilitarization to a system in which meaningful checks can be exercised on those who wield power.

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