Sentence examples for actual clout from inspiring English sources

Over the years, executive decisions by various presidents have determined the position's actual clout.

His actual clout is less than many claim (ever the populist, his tabloids tend to follow, not lead, opinion polls) but still plainly large.

These people could be your friends, neighbors, or coworkers - and their actual clout in this country has yet to be determined.

He does, however, rank dead last in terms of actual clout, since he is the only member of the minority party in the freshman class.

Others, however, believe that since most states award electoral votes on a winner-takes-all system, the potential of populous states to shift greater numbers of electoral votes gives them more actual clout.

But it has never had real clout.

Government officials have real clout.

To insult him is a crime; to win favour brings honour and, quite possibly, wealth.By the reckoning of one prominent Moroccan analyst, all the kingdom's elected institutions together represent a mere fifth of actual decision-making clout.

Drafted players suddenly had real negotiating clout.

But look at their clout: Every actual voter was making a decision on behalf of nine people.

We are close-knit, and we lack the stature — both in clout and actual body size — of some of our opponents.