wielding

Example Sentences

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At St. Anne School in Santa Monica, I watched Cummins harness the squirmy energy of second-graders wielding xylophone mallets.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Last year, a mural unveiled on the side of the Royal Courts of Justice building - depicting a judge wielding a gavel over a protestor - was also quickly erased.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

In any case, a person with the psychology of a malignant adolescent is unlikely to think very far past the conviction that wielding awesome powers of destruction is cool.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Preparatory drawings preceded the wielding of the brush.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

They swarm in among the children, wielding medical kits.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins