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
On landing he learned of the death of Queen Isabella, the only person of influence who had shown him a consistent friendship.
From South America by W. H. (William Henry) Koebel
At the winter souk every person of influence and authority in the country will be present, and in the form in which I have presented it, I believe it will provoke little or no opposition.
From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by James Richardson
