The water was almost to his waist and he had no leverage.

He had no leverage to push against to continue to manipulate the wings.

Unfortunately I had no leverage and ended up sinking deeper into my pit.

He tried to break the strip with his hand, but had no leverage.

I was lying mostly on my back and had no leverage.

Rusty tried to fight, but with Thibodeau pinning his arms, he had no leverage.

Yet he had no leverage when it came to an institution like Benito Pelati, so he eventually relented.

Bad guys had no leverage, nothing to threaten me with that would actually scare me in any way.

Possession of her gave them a lever and fulcrum with which to move Father Tom, while I had no leverage whatsoever.

She struggled in her bonds, but her hands, feet and neck were bound fast to the posting and she had no leverage.

Twisting gracefully as she flew, she fired one arrow and then another back in the man's direction while he had no leverage to dodge.

"But he knew he had no leverage against me."