Sentence examples for clout achieved from inspiring English sources

With new clout achieved through the success of American Graffiti, Lucas eventually earned a production deal with Fox to create Star Wars, part of an epic that would become his most famous work.

Convinced the channel must have scale and clout, he achieved a coup with his deal to handle UKTV's advertising, which means C4's sales force has boosted its share of the TV ad market by five percentage points, to 29%.

(One of the Olson and Boies team's goals is to show that gays and lesbians lack the clout to achieve some of the rights they seek at the ballot box or in the legislature).

A similar result in the budget battle would be bad news for Obama, cutting into the narrow one-year to 18-month window when second-term presidents traditionally still have the political clout to achieve their most significant legislative victories.

But she has achieved clout far beyond her seniority, thanks to her rare talent for turning wonkish arguments into placard-ready slogans.

Bob achieved his clout not through some sensational Watergate-like exposé although he could and did relentlessly pursue wrongdoing in high places but by skillfully, persistently and successfully propagating the principles of liberty on the Journal's editorial pages.

Sosa's fall from grace — although he is not looking at any jail time as far as we know right now — seems even more precipitous because of the almost mythical popularity he achieved by clouting long home runs with amazing frequency.

And now that Donald Trump has achieved significant political clout with America and with Republican voters, he needs to be scrutinized like any other serious political candidate.

WHILE the Ritz-Carlton or the Plaza may add a bit of cachet to the condominium market, it seems that the Marriott hotel chain has not yet achieved the same branding clout.

But CIDA itself has never achieved a position of real clout.

Despite Sinclair's expansion in the last two decades, the nature of its holdings — a vast array of stations spread across markets and network affiliations — has meant that the company has never achieved the name recognition, or clout, of national broadcasters.