Sentence examples for wielded great power from inspiring English sources

When Mexico broke free from Spain in 1821, the Catholic church still wielded great power.

It was obvious to both men that poets wielded great power over others.

Fears of witchcraft and a respect for a variety of taboos and customs relating to the spirits of game animals pervaded historical Cree culture; shamans wielded great power.

Czartoryski was the most renowned member of a princely family, descended from the Lithuanian royal house, which wielded great power in Poland in the 18th century.

Mr. Aksyonenko, 52, who wielded great power as a deputy prime minister in former President Boris N. Yeltsin's government, has said the actions against him are politically motivated.

Wintergreens in an organization — a reference to a lowly character in the novel "Catch-22" who wielded great power because he distributed mail to generals and was able to withhold it or dispatch it as he saw fit.

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

Of the mid-19th-century gangs that dominated the streets of New York, none wielded greater power or manifested a greater capacity for violence than the Louche Knickerbockers.

The bazaar guilds wield great power.

Writer shows how the reporters did not wield great power.

For better or worse, its next president will still wield great power in the EU.