Sentence examples for clout and from inspiring English sources

The Chinese government is hungry for clout and respect.

With surpluses come financial clout and funds for investment.

He had the clout and the imagination to do things".

Her advantage is rather her political clout and high profile.

These bands have recognised that they have clout, and their protests about fees make news.

Abroad, an activist foreign policy brought new clout and new criticism.

Sir Allen's local clout and political connections may have helped here.

Livestock farmers have no such clout and face a tough decision.

But he reckoned without John Ashcroft's bureaucratic clout and monumental self-importance.

The Yankees have enormous financial clout and use it to buy players and to produce championships.

But its fast-growing military clout and hunger for natural resources worry the Kremlin.