wield
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Wield thy twiggy sceptre well, my liege, for your future earnings can go down as well as up.
From The Guardian • Dec. 3, 2010
The New Machiavelli: How to Wield Power in the Modern World by Jonathan Powell Machiavelli was focused on human nature and his writings capture eternal verities in the same way that Shakespeare's plays do.
From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2010
The ceremonies of reception over, Inspectors Wield and Stalker observe that they have brought some sergeants with them.
From Reprinted Pieces by Dickens, Charles
“Risen again, fire-tried, victorious, From the grave of Crime down-hurled, Peerless, pure, serene and glorious, Wield the sceptre of the world!”
From Songs of the Army of the Night by Adams, Francis William Lauderdale
Inspector Wield one might have known, perhaps, for what he is - Inspector Stalker, never.
From Reprinted Pieces by Dickens, Charles
Vocabulary lists containing wield
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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