How to Use influential in a Sentence

influential

adjective

• My parents have been the most influential people in my life.
• His theories have become more influential in recent years.
• So that was very influential to me.
  — Marcus Lim, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
• What were some of the most influential games from your childhood?
  — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
• Over the years, the city produced some influential artists and sounds.
  — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 15 May 2026
• There are influential old movies on this list, as well as newer classics.
  — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026
• Enough to be influential, but not so much that I can’t be overturned.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 5 Feb. 2024
• Of all of Summer’s hits, that song may be the most influential.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 10 June 2026
• Jesse Williams knows just how influential this will be for some people.
  — Amanda Hari, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
• Yes, Tiger is still the most influential golfer who ever lived.
  — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
• Women read novels, men read about influential men, and the world goes round.
  — Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
• My mum had been very influential in my entire career.
  — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 June 2026
• That model, like Screw’s on his side of town, proved influential.
  — Jhair Romero, Houston Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2026
• The most recognizable and influential names and faces of the past few years are gone.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
• The duo would bring more success for the program and be influential across the newsroom.
  — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
• The incident comes at a bad time for the sport's most influential player.
  — Arkansas Online, 30 Mar. 2026
• George would become an influential glossy and a point of pride for John-John.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
• There’s a reason Jen Atkin has been called the most influential hair stylist of our time.
  — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 27 Feb. 2026
• Over the long term, Picture Show has been much more influential.
  — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
• Marsalis is one of the most influential figures in the industry.
  — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
• Rogan, 58, is one of the most influential podcast hosts in the world.
  — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
• His ideas have been nurtured within a close and influential cohort.
  — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
• And what happens when an artist starts out influential, only to have everyone else catch up?
  — Grace Robins-Somerville, Pitchfork, 30 Mar. 2026
• Pat McGrath is one of the most influential makeup artists of our time.
  — Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
• Shakira is a deeply influential artist in the United States and around the world.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2026
• You’ve been featured on our list of the 50 most influential content creators in the world a few times.
  — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
• And Land, in recent years, has reëmerged as one of the most influential reactionary thinkers of our time.
  — James Duesterberg, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
• Radiohead ranks as one of the most influential bands in rock history, a title earned a long time ago.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
• Our list of the most influential things ever written in, or about, Chicago.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
• Our list of the most influential things ever written in, or about, Chicago.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026