Sentence examples for clout from the from inspiring English sources
"They have had clout from the street corner to parliament and now we don't know what is coming.
"They don't have the clout from the governor's office, making it difficult for people to listen to you.
If we have this much clout from the margins, just imagine what we could accomplish from center-stage.
"It carries a lot of clout from the postwar period, as does the head of the bank".
The standards body will not have powers to fine banks, but will derive clout from the publicity generated by annual updates on banks' behaviour.
Most police commissioners derive their clout from the mayor they serve, but Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly has spent a lifetime moving through New York's corridors of power -- and it shows.
To stop big countries gaining too much clout from this, a "blocking minority" must contain at least four countries.
DeLay earns his clout from tending to the political needs of his fellow Republicans.
Much of the industry's clout comes from the growing percentage of the F.D.A.'s budget that it funds.
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.
