We found 8 examples of how to use wield in an English sentence.
Sentences 1 to 8 of 8.
| # | Sentence | |
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| 1. | It is dangerous to wield an edged tool in such a way. | |
| 2. | Having reached the rank of prime minister, and with the enthusiastic support of the masses, it seems he is able to wield presidential powers. | |
| 3. | Do you know how to wield an epee? | |
| 4. | Do you know how to wield an épée? | |
| 5. | "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." | |
| 6. | Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it. | |
| 7. | Hindu nationalists still wield considerable influence in India. | |
| 8. | 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. |