Example Sentences

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I will be wielding my gun against a brutal foe — one that destroys our forests, kills our wildflowers, sickens humans and threatens the very survival of birds, mammals, insects and amphibians.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2023

And Mnuchin will face competing demands from corporate executives, who will push to secure federal aid without giving up control of their companies, and the taxpayers whose money he will be wielding.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2020

As it happens the referee that awarded those two penalties in April 2016, Michael Oliver, will be wielding his whistle again on Saturday.

From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2017

When the convention is called to order at 10:30 a.m. next Monday, Ford backer Mary Louise Smith, a native of Eddyville, Iowa, will be wielding the gavel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next season, the orchestra's 38-year-old First Cellist Howard Mitchell will be wielding the baton instead of the bow.

From Time Magazine Archive