cudgel

Example Sentences

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The administration again turned to trade as a tool to achieve various aims and as a cudgel.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Nor should it be used as a cudgel, like “The Little List” in “The Mikado.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 8, 2025

Black abolitionists such as James Forten and Lemuel Haynes almost immediately began using the Declaration’s stirring language as a cudgel against slavery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

But in other circumstances, the law became a powerful cudgel wielded to influence concerns that at best had a tangential relationship to the environment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025

He was dressed for batde in an armored shirt made from tree bark and twist ties, with his wooden cudgel and his reed pipes hanging from his belt.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan