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

The iconic Overland Park Clock Tower now overlooks the district, where its farmers market welcomes thousands of tote-wielding shoppers. — Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026

In the eastern Indian state of Bihar, landlords used club-wielding enforcers known as lathaits to keep Dalits, members of the most oppressed caste, out of polling booths. — Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026

Paladin reaches the high-rise apartment from the episode’s opening and finds the shotgun-wielding man dead, with wings carved into the floor below him and one of his eyes ripped out. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026

An off-duty Boston police officer was justified in shooting a knife-wielding man to death inside a Chick-fil-A last year, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced Wednesday. — Neal Riley, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Then there’s her devoted, perhaps dangerous, gun-wielding partner and mirror Billy Evans. — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026

Children ran around barefoot, wielding toy guns, playing Free Syrian Army Versus Regime. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

To be fair, a genre that’s given us everything from brooding, sparkling emo kids who play baseball; a stake-wielding teen slayer who can’t quit the bad boy; and eccentric sidekicks who feast on bugs is ripe with material for mockery. — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

There’s nary a chalk-wielding liberal in sight, and the attorney general might pop by for Sunday dinner. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026