Sentence examples for exercising influence from inspiring English sources

She is quoted as telling a close friend: "It's not my exercising influence over him.

To its supporters, soft power is a slower, surer, more civilised way of exercising influence than crude force.

Worse, they skewed the deals by exercising influence over what securities went into the C.D.O.'s, and they pushed for the worst possible stuff to be included.

One particular ethnic group there, the Lantang, has gained the reputation of kingmaker, exercising influence through a "Lantang Mafia" that is powerful both within the armed forces and the civilian body politic.

Either Francis, although ubiquitous in the U.S., has never been given his due here — or this humblest of holy men has received his due exactly, exercising influence while passing through the culture machine undetected.

But Linker overestimates the importance of his subject matter: the theocons are pale imitations of the neocons and the evangelicals when it comes to exercising influence in the Earthly City.

You could even exercise influence by lending your stuff.

Can exercise influence how angry you become in certain situations?

Whenever this force is active, we say that God has exercised influence and power".

In the early days of the Trump Administration, Cotton exercised influence from behind the scenes.

But community school boards would still exercise influence over the city's elementary and middle schools.