Meanings of shape events in English

He let events shape themselves, or, rather, he let God shape events.

Voters have become more connected and vocal; politicians less able to shape events.

How might that privileged knowledge affect their power to shape events?

We are less safe and less able to shape events abroad.

Right now is the time when I can shape events.

The courtiers see that he can shape events, mould them.

Characters shape events; events illuminate the characters.

What the U.S. may have to accept, however, is that there may now be little it can now do to shape events.

The former Massachusetts governor also accused Obama of failing to use U.S. diplomacy to shape events in Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, Russia and elsewhere.

They shape events while they hardly know how or why; they seem to be rather driven by fate than to be seeking fame or power.

We're starting to see the limit of US power to shape events, says the Washington Post's David Ignatius, when asked about "the new reality".

It was conviction-theconviction that shapes events and the world to its ends.

About shaping events from there, and the wisdom of moving subtly.

We feel that we are at the mercy of events, rather than shaping events, he said.

He saw the hand of God shaping events, he saw the spirit of God in events.

The army's role in shaping events is crucial.