Sentence examples for diminished clout from inspiring English sources

Without New York, Oxygen has diminished clout.

Saudis describe the kingdom's growing role as a reaction, in part, to the diminished clout of the United States.

The Chrysler deal has underscored the UAW's diminished clout as membership has shrunk along with jobs at the Detroit automakers.

The report calls for construction of new power lines, which has become more difficult in some regions because of the diminished clout of utilities and the growing strength of preservationists trying to protect rural areas.

Organizing Toyota would also bolster the U.A.W.'s diminished clout at a time when Detroit's Big Three are cutting jobs, closing factories and expecting concessions from the union in ongoing contract negotiations.

To Egyptians accustomed to thinking of their country as a powerhouse of the Arab world, the idea of bowing to a historically weaker African rival has been a sobering reminder of their nation's diminished clout.

Slow growth, indecisive politics, diminishing clout and relative decline have corroded the prestige of the old "West".

Iran's ally, Hezbollah, recently toppled the Saudi-backed government of Lebanon — a symbol of its regional might and Saudi Arabia's diminishing clout.

It was this, as much as the diminishing clout of priests and preachers in industrialising Europe, that at last began to damp the flames.From that point on, the topographical Hell began to fade.

VIENNA — The oil cartel OPEC decided on Thursday not to cut petroleum production, despite the plunge in prices in recent months that has indicated the diminishing clout of the organization.

"By September 1965," Mr. Beschloss writes, "the contours of the rest of Johnson's term were in place -- the deepening chasm in Southeast Asia, campus and street demonstrations at home, riots in major American cities, Johnson's diminishing clout in Congress, his growing clash with Robert Kennedy".