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"Wield" in a Sentence (18 examples)
It is dangerous to wield an edged tool in such a way.
Having reached the rank of prime minister, and with the enthusiastic support of the masses, it seems he is able to wield presidential powers.
Do you know how to wield an epee?
Do you know how to wield an épée?
"Now, to ease thy woes, / since sorrow for his sake hath dimmed thine eyes, / more will I tell, and hidden fates disclose. / He in Italia long shall battle with his foes, / and crush fierce tribes, and milder ways ordain, / and cities build and wield the Latin sway, / till the third summer shall have seen him reign, / and three long winter-seasons passed away / since fierce Rutulia did his arms obey."
Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it.
Hindu nationalists still wield considerable influence in India.
Interstellar, as opposed to interplanetary, travel was quite impossible until the advent of sub-atomic power. Fortunately this source of power was seldom gained until late in a world's development, when mentality was mature enough to wield this most dangerous of all physical instruments without inevitable disaster. Disasters, however, did occur. Several worlds were accidentally blown to pieces. In others civilization was temporarily destroyed. Sooner or later, however, most of the minded worlds tamed this formidable djin, and set it to work upon a titanic scale, not only in industry, but in such great enterprises as the alteration of planetary orbits for the improvement of climate. This dangerous and delicate process was effected by firing a gigantic sub-atomic rocket-apparatus at such times and places that the recoil would gradually accumulate to divert the planet's course in the desired direction.
Unable to wield the sword, he seizes his poetical pen, resolved to become the Chronicler and Historian of the war, and thus add his little mite for the improvement of future generations.
They which play with the devil's rattles will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
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The question isn't whether AI will reshape human society—it's whether its engineers will wield that power thoughtfully.
There was never kyng sauff myselff that welded evir such knyghtes.
With such his chearefull speaches he doth wield / Her mind so well, that to his will she bends[…].
All is weill done, God wate, weild he hys will.
What boots it if I beat the heathen home, And fold the mountains in my wield, and fire […]
[…] telling him of the treasures concealed in the cave, of the mysterious ring and tarnhelmet, possessing which he can hold the wield of the world.
All wealth in my wield is, I know by my wit […]
“Trust me, I will make them listen,” he hissed and for the first time, he used his wield fallaciously, because instead of giving life, he absorbed it from the tree.
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