Sentence examples for he has wielded from inspiring English sources

He has wielded a private army against remaining separatists in Chechnya.

Since the 1960's, he has wielded significant influence in Washington.

Instead, he has wielded his power to favor his Shiite majority brethren at the expense of the minority Sunnis.

So, given the intellectual influence he has wielded far beyond Singapore, was Lee Kuan Yew, the sole subject still alive.

But governing has proved a challenge, on one issue after another, and he has wielded power with a light hand.

He has wielded prime ministerial powers, either on his own or in a power-sharing agreement, since 1985, not 1993.

And he was accustomed to the kind of authority that he had wielded as Treasury Secretary.

He had wielded greater power than the US has ever conceded to a national leader, or is ever likely to again.

The book includes a portrait of Mr. Johnson during his time as vice president, when the power he had wielded as a legislator was sorely missed.

The loss of Congress in the 2006 elections eliminated the centralized funnel of campaign money and influence he had wielded to maintain party discipline.

He tried to crush the uprising with the same violence he had wielded to stay in power, deploying tanks and bombs against not only the rebels but also unarmed civilians.