Sentence examples for clout manifests from inspiring English sources

That clout manifests itself every Monday, when the twenty or so employees of MTV's music-programming department gather in a New York conference room to screen the week's video crop.

Iran's clout manifests itself in many ways.

While it has had its successes - including Iran's manifest clout today in Lebanon and Syria, or in Iraq after Saddam Hussein - its net effect is, by definition, limited in scope (and geography), constraining Tehran's ability to generate long-term strategic dividends.

This irrational enmity between north and south has weakened everything from California's political clout, to our energy infrastructure, to our pride in the Golden State's manifest superiority over every other pathetic state in the union.

They had clout.

Clout pays off again.

"He had clout.

Coreper has huge clout.

"The EU has clout.

Apple has similar clout.

But they lack clout.