cudgel

Example Sentences

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“It just gives the powerful a tool to use the legal system as a cudgel to silence people.”

From Seattle Times

But Scanlan said that using racial diversity as “a cudgel” in a bid to rearrange the presidential nominating calendar sets “an ugly precedent.”

From Seattle Times

Heels, of all things, are the new political cudgel in Republican politics.

From New York Times

Some Republican lawmakers have stalled funding efforts for Ukraine, as it becomes a growing political cudgel on the right.

From BBC

But only as a cudgel to use against the rest.

From Salon