Sentence examples for wield it on from inspiring English sources

Astonishingly, he chose the wrong issue to wield it on: a proposal to expand a highly popular scheme that subsidised health insurance for poorer children.

But when President Obama sought to wield it on Friday, by calling a White House news conference to showcase his concern for the economy and Republicans' refusal to work with him, he was the one who ended up getting pummeled.

Having become accustomed to that kind of power in the world of high art, Robbins sought to wield it on Broadway as well, and in time he got pretty much what he wanted.

Like this kid who walked in here and had his hat turned on backward, had all the jewellery on and decided to grab one of the shotguns and wield it around on his hip and act like, 'Say hello to my little friend,' and 'I gotta have one of these.' Not happening here.

Like this kid who walked in here and had his hat turned on backward, had all the jewelry on, and decided to grab one of the shotguns and wield it around on his hip and act like, 'Say hello to my little friend,' and 'I gotta have one of these.' Not happening here.

In parliamentary elections last winter, he wielded it as a club on behalf of friends within the Kremlin who were promoting Mr. Putin as the successor to President Boris N. Yeltsin.

Like any tool, its impact depends on who is wielding it.

Long-form narrative had yet to wield its powerful influence on the medium.

How we ultimately judge Cisco depends on how it wields its power.

God knows where the Brexit negotiations will go now or how much direct impact the Labour caucus will wield on it.

Some of my Chinese friends call it an ineffectual magic wand (wield it but nothing happens), and on Sina Weibo, China's Twitter — over which the state holds less control than it would like — many mock it as Communist Party propaganda nonsense.