Synonyms of wielding

wielding

verb

present participle of wield

as in exerting

to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively

wields considerable influence in the field of women's sports

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exerting
• using
• applying
• plying
• employing
• exercising
• utilizing
• putting out
• abusing
• misusing
• misapplying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wielding

And the number of characters wielding golf clubs as deadly weapons raises the concern that the villains are interchangeable — and that the good guys have all fled. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

To me, the two nude figures in languid declination seemed, saliently, to be melting in the heat of a summer day, but their triton-wielding and breast-cupping poses must certainly have also invited debate centuries before. — Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2026

Despite being the daughter of Hollywood stars Annette Bening and Warren Beatty, the 26-year-old auditioned for the role of the troubled, axe-wielding daughter in the Netflix anthology series (now streaming) like everyone else. — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026

For his part, Zhou helped establish a rapport by wielding humor. — Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2026

The bow-wielding heroine of Brave spends the film rejecting the idea that a princess has to be anything other than herself. — Sarah Scott, Parents, 14 Sep. 2026

In December 2024, a knife-wielding former student walked into a school in Zagreb, stabbed a 7-year-old girl to death and wounded three more children and their teacher. — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026

The move by the shop owner launched a flurry of online discourse about the tripod-wielding gaggle of usually young, almost always female influencers who parade their phones around in the hopes of building, or nurturing, a gainful following. — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 9 Sep. 2026

In Tampa, Almand rode around the Buccaneers stadium wielding a Bucs flag and got to visit their famed pirate ship. — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026