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.
• The United States can—and must—wield its power for good.
  — George Packer, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2022
• One man was seen on video wielding a folding chair to use against the boaters.
  — Remy Tumin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
• To wield the gavel was his life’s whole grail and summit.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2023
• And now Google is trying to wield EU law against Apple.
  — David Meyer, Fortune Europe, 8 Nov. 2023
• In the video, the rapper dances with both the devil and a Grim Reaper-esque Death figure, who wields a scythe.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2023
• Feng wields the Jin Gu Bang, a legendary staff made of gold and iron, kills demons and gods alike, and often just can’t stop.
  — Yue Wang, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
• Once again the ostensible premise is power — its use, abuse and the fight over who gets to wield it.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2023
• Waititi has earned the right to wield the series hammer.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2022
• So there would still be power to wield, even in the minority.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2022
• No shots have been fired, and Connell said officers have not seen the man wielding a weapon.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
• Second, the person who would have been wielding the bat likely would have dropped it, and there was no such weapon found at the scene.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2023
• Here at Bon Appétit, many staffers wield scissors for both kitchen prep work and serving.
  — Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 10 July 2024
• Each of the leaders of these two Americas wields power in his own way.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• Carl is the host of a public-television how-to show, instructing viewers on the ins and outs of wielding a brush.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
• The god refused and then attempted to kill Gorr, but the Necrosword chose Gorr to wield it in his dying moments.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 5 July 2022
• Here’s what to know about Ukraine, as Russia is accused of using hunger to wield power and the battle for the Donbas goes on.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 25 May 2022
• This is the Stillness, a land long familiar with catastrophe, where the power of the earth is wielded as a weapon.
  — Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 27 Sep. 2024
• But both Nippon and U.S. Steel are wielding sticks and carrots to make this happen in spite of the politics.
  — Emily Peck, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
• How great does a player have to be in order to rightfully wield such power?
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 June 2022
• At the start of the film, Thor is exiled on Earth and deemed unworthy to wield his hammer, which has crashed into the desert in New Mexico.
  — Wired, WIRED, 18 Jan. 2023
• But for the most part, Santa was wielded as a threatening figure.
  — Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• Evil-Lyn is Skeletor’s second-in-command and wields a magic wand topped with a crystal orb.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
• Earnest Americans are the ones who wield the glue guns in this grand institution.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2022
• Bat-like wings are spread wide, matching outstretched arms that wield a pointed spear and shield, backed by rolling waves of fire lighting up the darkness.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
• There are scores of persons who sit in positions of privilege who do not wield it in a way that advances us as a whole.
  — Alex Wagner, SPIN, 14 Sep. 2022
• So far, Section Three has been wielded in a handful of lawsuits, with mixed results.
  — Emma Platoff, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
• In fact, wielding the 5,542-pound colossus through a myriad of sweepers, hairpins, and double-apexes was exhilarating rather than frustrating.
  — Peter Nelson, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024