Sentence examples for ready to wield a from inspiring English sources

A spokesman for the panel said it had been ready to wield a subpoena if the documents, which deal with the DIY empress' sale of ImClone Systems shares just before the company disclosed bad news, hadn't been produced.

Then you have them at the ready, to wield like a samurai sword in challenging situations, as I have found over nearly 20 years of maintaining such a list for myself (I published it on Medium recently).

Mitt Romney seems ready to wield his version of birtherism as a major weapon in the fall campaign against President Obama.

Gun control advocates say they see a strong new voting bloc emerging in the wake of the Parkland shooting, a cadre of people ready to wield political influence just as gun rights supporters have in the past.

The vice-president, loyal to his boss and also ready to wield the hatchet where needed, praised Mr Bush and trashed John Kerry in equal measure.

The letter signals Russia is ready to wield adoption policies as leverage to discourage Western criticism of human rights abuses in Russia with countries other than the United States, where an adoption ban took effect late last year.

"The oldest hath borne most," suggests Edgar famously at the end of the play and, writing in the programme, Morris talks of "a raw and angry generation given power that they are not ready to wield".

Check it out here, right now! President Obama is getting ready to wield the green sword of his position to fight climate change for all Americans.

Knows how to wield a sharp knife?

Mr. Wasserman also learned how to wield a checkbook.

But Ms. Plaza does know how to wield a negative.