Sentence examples for clout on both from inspiring English sources

Over the past three decades, the 55-year-old actress has appeared infrequently on Broadway, but as a film star in the United States, she's one of the few British performers to exert box-office clout on both sides of the Atlantic.

But Simon Cowell's media clout on both sides of the Atlantic means Cheryl Cole is likely to be heading for America next year to present a new version of The X Factor with him in a £3m deal.

China, and others, have forced their hand.For the Europeans are increasingly worried that they are losing both trade and clout on a continent that they used to regard as their own backyard.

The precarious stature of the Awakening, which has not been able to transform its clout on the streets into political power, is but one piece of the Iraqi chessboard that may portend instability.

What made Trump's document unprecedented, though, was the elevation of White House "chief strategist" Stephen Bannon to both groups, technically giving him more clout on national security matters than either the director of national intelligence or the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The Podemos victory gave the party clout on the national stage, but Podemos is the largest one of a host of leftist parties that made gains that May.

Four years later, Durbin used his clout on the Senate Appropriations Committee to approve a $150,000 grant for the American Lung Association of Illinois, one of his wife's clients.

The food industry has substantial clout on Capitol Hill.

"And Europe has real clout on trade.

Elbov gave the fool a clout on the ear.

Doubt off the field means clout on it.