Sentence examples for hold considerable sway from inspiring English sources
Mr. Muhammad seemed to hold considerable sway over Mr. Malvo.
Unlike other states, public employee strikes are legal in California, where unions hold considerable sway.
His proposals, however, would probably face concerted opposition from public employee unions, which hold considerable sway over the Legislature.
In her dissenting opinion, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote about a country where the Bundys and Sterlings still hold considerable sway.
In the Veneto, the spate of suicides is a mark of social unease in a territory where the Roman Catholic Church used to hold considerable sway.
If Mr. Santorum continues to draw their support, he may do well in certain states where those voters hold considerable sway.
As editor of El Diario, a popular New York Spanish language daily newspaper, Mr. Borrero holds considerable sway among Hispanics.
Although many New Yorkers believe the city runs the subways, it is actually the governor who appoints the authority's chairman and holds considerable sway over the agency.
The argument for seizure still holds considerable sway in some places, particularly among older people who remember segregation and the crowded communal lands.
The report was commissioned by influential Pentagon defence adviser Andrew Marshall, who has held considerable sway on US military thinking over the past three decades.
