Sentence examples for clout can be from inspiring English sources

Still, box-office clout can be fleeting; ask Matthew McConaughey.

It's an interesting reminder of how poetry's rhetorical clout can be co-opted for propaganda.

In New Jersey, Scott's clout can be viewed as day to day.

Political clout can be especially advantageous at the federal level, as the big Wall Street banks have so brazenly demonstrated.

What remains controversial, however, is whether that demographic's burgeoning clout can be linked to the also undeniable increase in the frequency of "La Nina" years.

Mr Jun's clout can be compared to that of Silicon Valley executives such as Mark Zuckerberg, whose influence extends beyond the world of tech.

Four out of five PCs in the world use its chips, which gives it an enormous amount of market clout that can be misused.

The customary alliance between rank-and-file officers and their supervisors has given such associations considerable clout; little change can be effected in police forces without at least their partial assent.

My hunch is that China has realised that its economic clout can now be parlayed into military clout.

The sight of a burly slugger like Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder enacting the team's beastly celebration after clouting a key hit can be slightly menacing and, well, that's sort of the point.

But if rock has any political clout whatsoever, Bono's presence can be a game changer.