person of influence
Example Sentences
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He had three wives and enough reindeer to be a person of influence.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 15, 2019
“Nobody can make sense of this. This is a head-scratcher,” Emanuel said, adding, “This looks like he’s an actor, a person of influence, he got treated differently than everyone else.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2019
To the casual observer, your numerous fake Twitter followers suggest you're a social media powerhouse—a person of influence not be ignored.
From Slate • Oct. 3, 2012
"I am bound to cross the water, and should like a letter to a person of influence in the New World."
From Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Sanders, Charles W.
"And in which, for the first time, I begin to hope for success, if it can only receive the patronage of some person of influence."
From Clever Woman of the Family by Yonge, Charlotte Mary