Sentence examples for clout dwindled from inspiring English sources
His seemingly protected status stemmed from his closeness to the revered Khomeini, although his clout dwindled significantly over the past two decades, and he was frequently jailed and harassed.
It has only remained there because of the political clout of a dwindling number of elderly Cuban exiles in Florida (which also explains the outrage of the normally more sensible Messrs Bush and Rubio .But the biggest prize should be the advance of democracy and open markets in Latin America.
The Guardian's Larry Elliott, who wrote a book about the candy-floss financial economy long before the crash, is cross that Labour over-emphasised the City at the expense of manufacturing – he wrote about Birmingham's dwindling clout yesterday – but is glad that this error is now being addressed.
The tremendous clout it wielded among its young readers has dwindled with the advent of graphic video and computer games, as well as trash talk shows that outdo anything Mad's founder, William M. Gaines, had ever dared to exploit.
Still, some of them wondered, how were those terms even on the table in an era of dwindling union clout, frozen pensions and unpaid furloughs?
Since the 1950s, the clout of unions in the public and private sectors has waned, their membership has dwindled, and their political influence has weakened considerably.
Monasteries have dwindled.
Tourist numbers dwindled.
