How to Use wield in a Sentence

wield

verb

• The man was wielding a gun.
• Can he wield a hammer?
• He wields a great deal of influence over his students.
• Trump would wield the sword on their behalf.
  — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
• Phones are tools, and in many ways, they’ve been wielded against their users.
  — Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
• He is not seen wielding a weapon in bystander video.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 25 Jan. 2026
• Those who know how to wield them can — and will — try to turn wrong into right.
  — Kyle Whitmire, al, 9 Aug. 2020
• Many gangs wield enough power to bring the country to its knees.
  — New York Times, 21 Nov. 2021
• In one scene, a child wields akimbo pistols.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
• Here, three ways to wield it, inspired by the spring runways.
  — Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022
• One man was seen on video wielding a folding chair to use against the boaters.
  — Remy Tumin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
• At no point is Pretti seen wielding a gun.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 25 Jan. 2026
• Videos do not show Pretti wielding a gun.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 25 Jan. 2026
• Videos do not show Pretti wielding a gun.
  — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
• Videos do not show Pretti wielding a gun.
  — Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 26 Jan. 2026
• This is the price paid by the poor of the world to those who wield the power and the prestige.
  — Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 15 May 2020
• And what else wields consciousness?
  — Nick Hilden, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2026
• Feel an urge to wield a gun on stage while dressed like Howdy Doody?
  — Kyle Whitmire, al, 2 Oct. 2020
• So too can silence be wielded to offer lessons.
  — Literary Hub, 30 Mar. 2026
• There is no choice but to reclaim the unchecked power these platforms wield.
  — Noam Cohen, Wired, 31 July 2020
• Will Trump look to wield more influence?
  — Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
• What won’t commoditize is how well your people can wield them.
  — Teuila Hanson, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
• Within a block, a phone--wielding crowd forms and follows.
  — Mark Chiusano, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
• In naked-mole-rat societies, the royals do not wield scepters or don crowns.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2022
• Two of them wield sticks and the other, the smallest, hefts an immense tree branch.
  — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 26 July 2021
• That is a power Fox News once wielded.
  — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
• Not even Taylor Swift could wield that much power in a room.
  — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2025
• Who was wielding that terrible swift sword?
  — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
• This is about Jerry Jones, and what power his words can wield.
  — Joey Hayden, Dallas News, 23 June 2020
• For the Church does not seek to wield power as the world understands it.
  — William E. Lori, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026