wielding

Example Sentences

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Activism isn’t just about wielding guns and throwing rocks but organizing online, in the classrooms and among households.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 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

There is little precedent establishing that a bar may sanction an attorney for wielding the powers of government unconstitutionally.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

While always reluctant to make sweeping changes, Borthwick has not ruled out wielding the axe.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

He came to a few moments later, just in time to see an enraged Harry Secor chasing the warden down the river, wielding a gaffing pole like a spear.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown