How to Use leverage in a Sentence

leverage

1 of 2 noun

• I used the leverage of the bar and a wooden block to pry the rock out of the hole.
• The player's popularity has given him a great deal of leverage with the owners of the team.
• The union's size gave it leverage in the labor contract negotiations.
• Iran, then, still has some leverage.
  — Robin Wright, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
• But that doesn’t mean the city has no leverage here.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
• This might be the last point of leverage for a while.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
• But even that winnable leverage doesn’t get them far enough.
  — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 22 Jan. 2026
• Races ahead of plays and voids his leverage and run fits at times.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• The low-rise bars fell right to hand and give a lot of leverage.
  — Bill Roberson, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
• This is the one bit of leverage Iran has.
  — ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
• The leverage is still all on Tuch’s side here.
  — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
• How Democrats plan to use their leverage this week.
  — Marissa Martinez, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026
• That gives Trump some leverage.
  — John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
• The next thing after that is your leverage.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2025
• Democrats want to see long lines at airports as leverage.
  — ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
• Role changes are afoot in this leverage ladder.
  — Greg Jewett, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2026
• But its leverage that can squeeze on the price of Nvidia’s chips.
  — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 20 May 2026
• That said, your leverage may be reduced.
  — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
• Plays with leverage, and plays behind his blocks.
  — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
• There’s even voice tech, voice search, Alexa and smart homes to leverage.
  — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2022
• It is designed to build leverage.
  — William Akoto, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
• For the first time in a long while, workers have some leverage to push for more.
  — Patricia Cohen, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2018
• At that point, leverage has shifted.
  — Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
• Kirby Yates has pitched his way out of leverage spots.
  — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
• But giving them a three year runway gets rid of all of our leverage.
  — CBS News, 3 May 2026
• Not exactly the kind of leverage to pry away a bevy of top prospects.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 18 July 2017
• Putin pretends to be crazy in order to scare us and to gain leverage.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2022
• There are a few things to note in terms of market access and leverage.
  — CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
• Arizona State didn't seemed to be a team with a lot of leverage.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2022
• Look at Chegg, which had no buyout and no leverage to pin it on.
  — Alex Lazarow, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

leverage

2 of 2 verb

• The company wants to leverage its brands more effectively.
• That is to say, these secrets could be leveraged against him.
  — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 16 Feb. 2018
• So what needs to be done to help leverage cross-border telemedicine?
  — Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2020
• One set of claims would leverage Pursglove’s rights as a wife.
  — Nicholas Confessore, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2016
• But when wealthy people leverage debt to build their empires?
  — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
• Either way, leveraging cap space for draft picks is the name of the game.
  — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• Such a group would be able to leverage its votes as a bloc, giving it greater power.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Oct. 2020
• But having that roadmap that my dad kind of laid out for me, and being able to leverage that.
  — James Brown, USA TODAY, 19 June 2022
• Tsui simply has so much stuff to cleverly dole out and leverage.
  — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 25 Nov. 2020
• But Allred learned to leverage the power of media decades ago.
  — Katie Van Syckle, The Cut, 23 Jan. 2018
• So these grants are leveraged by the companies to invest in their artists.
  — Karen Bliss, Billboard, 1 Mar. 2018
• But in many cases, the smarter path is to leverage the tools that already exist.
  — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• But that might not be the best way to leverage the value of that phone and help offset the cost of a new one.
  — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2020
• The commodities unit leveraged that to drum up more business.
  — Sridhar Natarajan, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2023
• The pressure is on Carney to leverage it.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
• The Phillies asked him to trade a pull-happy swing for one that leveraged the entire field.
  — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 7 May 2026
• When floor space is limited, leverage your walls and ceiling.
  — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 30 Mar. 2026
• This year, many of the shows that swept the Tonys did not leverage the win to gain extensions.
  — Katie North, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
• The way the ski industry is leveraging its client base will be a template for many.
  — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2018
• Not bringing him up too soon, so the element of surprise can be leveraged.
  — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
• It is said that many great fortunes in China are highly leveraged.
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 25 May 2018
• And of course, the couple have leveraged their signature humor in many of the shots.
  — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 24 July 2019
• Every big in today’s game needs a way to leverage their size against smaller players.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• Or leveraging his position to get his wife a high-paying job.
  — latimes.com, 7 July 2018
• Celebrities have long leveraged the power of being seen holding just the right tome.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2026
• Crushed by debt, Beatrice was later sold off in a huge leveraged buyout.
  — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 1 June 2018
• Burries is the 3-point threat, while Peat leverages his strength around the basket.
  — Garrett Chorpenning, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
• Some of my friends leveraged their creative skills by selling sketches and photos.
  — Jim Ross, WSJ, 13 July 2018
• There’s no harm in leveraging a few laughs to broaden your audience.
  — Al Saracevic, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2018
• Others have tried to honor Santos, and leverage the tragedy for change.
  — Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 22 July 2021