Sentence examples for has been wielded from inspiring English sources

It has been wielded more or less cautiously over the years, mostly to confirm widespread rumors of accomplishment.

The 1917 Espionage Act has been wielded six times since Obama entered the White House, twice the number of prosecutions started by all previous administrations combined.

That formula, which worked last year for "No Country for Old Men" — a western and a heist movie as well as a prestigious literary adaptation — has been wielded with particular success by Fox Searchlight, distributor of "Slumdog Millionaire".

Most recently — and perhaps most provocatively — it has been wielded against well-to-do American museums whose pristine specimens of ancient civilizations have with shocking frequency turned out to be contraband.

The term has been wielded by the Republican presidential candidates as a billy club against one another over the past few months and a vigorous back-and-forth over the contours of the phrase consumed the opening moments of last night's Republican debate.

Flybe's new broom has been wielded vigorously.

Farrakhan has been wielding major political influence for two generations.

Public anger Behind the scenes, he has been wielding his influence.

The influence Mr. Sachs has been wielding since Mr. Cuomo's election on Nov. 2 has startled some in the state's tight-knit health care world.

Putin has been wielding his power to lance the ambition of aspirational tycoons for almost a decade and is showing now signs of stopping now.

Ramzan Kadyrov has been wielding power in Chechnya for more than twelve years, nearly seven of them as President of the republic, which is part of the Russian Federation.