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    clout example sentences

    clout


    1. They hung together in their pleasure a little longer, then he got out, shook a little water off, put his clout back on, and strolled aft


    2. He certainly had the money and the clout, even before he was promoted to speaker


    3. Klowa wore only a clout and a small armpocket on the left side


    4. He wears a clean clout and braids his waist-length hair around his head when he cooks


    5. "No, he had a clout and shoulder pockets with quite a bit of trappings


    6. He had tight buns and a nice bulge in the clout also


    7. Desa was already coming down the stairs with the bag and a clout and shirt that she tossed to Alan


    8. She can abandon it any time she wishes like taking off a clout


    9. If the emperor truly meant something to him, perhaps he could be counted on to pass on this information to someone with clout


    10. These decisions have consequences, though some who should know better deny that! In real life, an inspector rank never has the same clout as a warrant-officer, who is a mean mother to start with

    11. Though Hunters have become legendary in Nuria—and feared by wizards—the organization never developed enough clout to threaten the status quo


    12. The recent passage of NAFTA is a certain indication that labor unions are gradually losing their political clout


    13. Obviously, he still had some clout there if he had been able to find out about my past with Metro


    14. This will have to wait,” he said, assuming I didn’t have the clout that Shamansky carried


    15. Less than a twenty-minute bus ride away is Pisa, the city of the Leaning Tower, of historic and cultural clout, of riches and world fame


    16. the numbers gave them more clout


    17. This small group, cunning and united, seeks to obtain an ally whose population would give the small group the numerical clout it lacks


    18. Schwarz, a wealthy New York Jew of great local political clout


    19. Deferred tax payments would allow the young investors to use their big cash clout to


    20. "She didn't clout anyone upside the head, did she?"

    21. have enough political clout at the moment to be


    22. associate, and using a little of her clout, she had managed to sneak a peak at the Ministry of


    23. Who knew? Maybe some of that old clout could be used again to ensure that David


    24. That symbiotic relationship had an upside given the fact that Bob Nakamura was now a very powerful Black Dragon---one with serious clout in the department and one that couldn’t be trifled with at any cost


    25. But given his clout in the government, it was no big deal for him to cook up one, and what was more, get it authenticated by the Inspector


    26. Though Mishra had lost his clout by then, he coaxed him to be the guest of honor, reckoning that the gesture would signal his sense of loyalty for all to see


    27. But, when Gautam tended to lean towards the Dutch Kassenbouw, he was quick to point out that as the Dutch had no diplomatic clout worth the name in New Delhi, Global would be left with the Kassenbouw cross to carry all by itself


    28. “She has proved that the clout of the rich owes itself to the coveting of the poor,” he said, caressing her head


    29. Now loudly shout with all your clout


    30. He was naked but for a scanty silk clout that only partly covered his muscular hips, and a leather girdle, a hand's breadth broad, about his lean waist

    31. Besides, I have some clout with the CEO


    32. “Yeah, I see where that clout has gotten you so far


    33. they have considerably less political clout; many of them are


    34. Although late to the party, Stallman still had clout


    35. "Then again, he was able to do that, because by 1995 and 1996, he was rapidly acquiring clout


    36. does seem to have some clout


    37. effect, he had more clout than the poor and dumb abuser


    38. one of the ‘lions’ who had much clout


    39. Ironically, free black Jamaicans, who were pro-missions, had gained enough political clout to come to the missionaries’ aid


    40. thy mathematicians posses thy coveted knowledge and the clout,

    41. In any case, President Clinton and the United States probably just had lost a lot of its clout and influence in Japan by refusing to support it militarily without question, something that some members of Congress and various influential public figures will assuredly be quick to criticize


    42. You will of course be acting as well as my special advisor, something that should give you quite a lot of clout


    43. Having this clout was starting to get into my head, and I began to brag about it


    44. The pharmaceutical industry, government agencies, and other animal abusers have so much clout with the degenerate lawmakers of Washington, D


    45. you know what, prison under false accusations, and you're the only friend with any clout I've got in this


    46. somehow managed to have the clout to have a detective show up at the lil


    47. This crisis is its first serious chance it has to get at her and it used all its political clout to influence the Privy Council


    48. His connections with the GalMauro Crime Family gave them entre everywhere and clout


    49. who just shook his head sadly until D'Oliya gave it a clout


    50. He has a lot of clout with the bureau






































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    Synonyms for "clout"

    biff clout lick poke punch slug clout nail pull

    "clout" definitions

    a target used in archery


    special advantage or influence


    a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood


    (boxing) a blow with the fist


    strike hard, especially with the fist