Sentence examples for almost no clout from inspiring English sources

On the world's most intractable macroeconomic challenge, unwinding the imbalances between excessive borrowing in America and excess saving elsewhere, the IMF has almost no clout.

"We carry no clout at all".

But people do: there is, it seems, a certain clout that emanates from having no clout.

I'm just the bird guy, no power, no clout.

"As an individual," Mr. Williams said, "I have absolutely no clout.

"Douglas is not worth anything, he has no clout.

"The Museum of Modern Art has no clout in the construction world, has no connection to city planners.

That's true in a literal sense – a judge there has no clout here.

Scott Layden had no clout and Don Chaney had no answer and the team had no star point guard.

The Internet players have no clout with distributors; they have no clout with advertisers," he says.

The Internet players have no clout with distributors and advertisers".