Sentence examples for apparent clout from inspiring English sources
Months later, in another sign of his apparent clout, Mr Chang met then Chinese President Hu Jintao in August 2012.
Less than two years after the near collapse of the American economy caused by good old-fashioned capitalist speculation in the housing market, libertarian ideology, as reflected most prominently in the apparent political clout of the Tea Party, is riding high again.
Ms. DeGeneres, heir apparent to Oprah Winfrey, has more clout than most record executives, or for that matter most record labels.
Christian film-goers' box office clout has been apparent since Mel Gibson's controversial The Passion of the Christ took a staggering $611m worldwide in 2004.
A 1988 Los Angeles Times profile assessed Keating as "a businessman without apparent peer in Arizona in terms of riches, clout and color".
That literary divide was sharply apparent this month when youthful readers demonstrated their growing cultural clout.
A number of conservative Arab leaders are worried that Barack Obama's apparent eagerness to re-engage with Iran could increase its clout in the region, to the detriment of moderate Arabs.Leading this camp are the leaders of Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
And now the marketing clout of the silver-haired style maven has become apparent, it seems.
But for Putin the political gains of harnessing an ally, demonstrating steadfastness and parading Russian clout in the Middle East – while the west wallows in confusion – largely outweigh that apparent contradiction.
Nowhere is this more apparent than the field of tobacco control where the transnational tobacco industry's enormous wealth and political clout are fuelling a global public health tragedy.
