Meanings of wield great in English

I repeat that you could wield great influence in the proper environment.

You could wield great influence married to the proper sort of man.

In the view of nearly everyone here, Adams will not again wield great power.

Writer shows how the reporters did not wield great power.

Those who control the media wield great power, they can use it for good or bad.

Didn't the Divines wield great powers as well?

In the Ongtong Java Islands, which are inhabited by Polynesians, the priests or sorcerers seem to wield great influence.

Such women wield great influence.

At certain places where the customs and postal services are large the appointing power can no doubt wield great influence.

You wield great power.

But the position of secretary does not wield great power at Muirfield; it is the membership who must collectively move forward.

No one who is himself entangled in sense, and but partially filled with God's Spirit, will wield great influence for good.

Although Reagan's last appointments were made nearly a quarter-century ago, they continue to wield great influence: Fifty-five of his appellate appointees still sit on cases.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is the most powerful figure in Iran, and senior officials working directly for him in his office wield great sway.

He now understood that Bobby Kennedy wielded great authority over covert operations.

Not tall, but broad and grim, bearded like dwarves, wielding great axes.