Sentence examples for clout coming from from inspiring English sources

These comments might have more clout coming from someone who had not recently offended much of the Muslim world by threatening to ban their citizens from entering the US.

A good part of its clout comes from Washington dinners, gala "shootouts" and junkets with lawmakers.

Much of the industry's clout comes from the growing percentage of the F.D.A.'s budget that it funds.

The Saudi clout comes from influence on a handful of important people.This is exemplified in the story of Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Washington, Prince Bandar bin Sultan.

Savile's clout came from the millions in donations – no exact figure is known – he raised for Stoke Mandeville and its spinal injuries work.

His clout comes from the big electoral victory in May of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after a remarkably personalised campaign; from a hyperactive prime minister's office that makes Mr Modi look presidential; and from an opposition Congress party in tatters.

An indication of Siemens' international clout comes from reports following a 1914 bribery scandal in Japan.

Much of Miller's clout comes from Trump's familiarity with him, said Corey Lewandowski, a former campaign manager for Trump who still spends time with the president.

Obviously he feels that a great deal of his sexual clout comes from his position in government, but I don't think it's a reach to assume that the number of people whose specific kink is "MP for Burton" is: none.

The majority of the Turkish press have no qualms about carrying on war propaganda, despite the anti-war fury of the people, because most of their financial clout comes not from newspaper sales but from bribes received from the state by various subterfuges.

The Milan fair's clout comes partly from its size — with 350,000 visitors last year, 29percentt more than in 2007 — but it has other strengths too.