Sentence examples for clout to direct from inspiring English sources
Economic alliances with Haitians living abroad, they said, would give the mayors the financial clout to direct aid to their municipalities as they saw fit.
By then he had gained enough clout to direct JW Coop, which he co-wrote, produced and starred in, as a rodeo rider newly released from prison and trying to adjust to society.
Courtly and old-school down to his appreciation for cigars, Mr. Rogers is known as a hard-nosed negotiator who used his clout to direct money for roads and flood-control projects back to Kentucky and to finance programs to combat widespread prescription-drug abuse in his district.
Does the Muslim Brotherhood have the clout to take over?
China has the political and economic clout to lead.
Over 15 years, prosecutors say, he was paid $3.2 million in fees from clients who were seeking to trade on his political clout and his ability to direct state money to private businesses.
His excellent soul suite hit of 2010, The Defamation of Strickland Banks, garnered Drew sufficient clout to finance and direct his debut feature film, Ill Manors.
Garland herself had the clout with the studio, M-G-M, to recruit Minnelli, who was already her lover, to direct the film, which the pair suffuses with the shocking heat and the tremulous frenzy of romance.
"He now has the clout to green-light whatever he wants to make, and he has the power to pick and choose whomever he wants to direct".
