Example Sentences

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Offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy has been wielding a walkie-talkie that allows him to communicate with the quarterbacks via devices implanted in their helmets.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024

Larry, 74, emerged late in the show with a signature Mosrite double-necked guitar, which he has been wielding masterfully since Dwight D. Eisenhower was president.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2018

I thought he was brilliant at Everton, but maybe Old Father Time has been wielding his scythe over the past couple of years.

From The Guardian • Nov. 21, 2015

The influence Mr. Sachs has been wielding since Mr. Cuomo’s election on Nov. 2 has startled some in the state’s tight-knit health care world.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2011

I have pulled on a light cord often enough, while he has been wielding the broad-axe; and between us, on this unequal division, many a specious fallacy has fallen. 

From Memories and Portraits by Stevenson, Robert Louis