Examples of 'held sway' in a sentence
Meaning of "held sway"
held sway - This phrase implies that someone or something has exerted notable influence or control over others. It suggests that the person, group, or idea in question has enjoyed a position of authority or dominance, enabling them to shape opinions, decisions, or actions of others
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held sway
You held sway over the entire firm.
Savagery and fear held sway.
This view held sway for almost a century.
The law of the powerful still held sway.
He just held sway wherever he went.
In larger villages headmen held sway.
This relic held sway over the jorokraken when we found it.
For love like ours can never be held sway.
She held sway and strong influence over the court.
Powerful organized crime families still held sway in the countryside.
Whatever power held sway over some of them has passed.
I always hoped there would be a day when my influence held sway.
It held sway over us.
Money and power have always held sway throughout history.
He held sway over her because he is an adult and her teacher.
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They were struggling to overcome ideas which had held sway for centuries.
He held sway over divine magic casters and even arcane magic casters.
It is turning off the pregnancy changes that have held sway for nine months.
It held sway in both the imperial administration and within princely governments to the south.
Amber indicators disappear and with them a fashion hitherto held sway in the automotive field.
The revolt held sway even among the Bourbons.
Where the family of Jupiter held sway.
For six years he held sway over Hispania.
Or maybe it was because the Stasi held sway.
Abimelech held sway over Israel for three years.
Aspects of the Newtonian view still held sway.
Anglicanism held sway in its pure form only in England itself.
There is nothing to suggest that Maelgwn held sway over any larger area.
It held sway in the church until the time of the Reformation.
He was the most accomplished and warlike chief that ever held sway in Duart.
Disagreement and indecision held sway at the UN about whether to retaliate with air strikes.
We have had a few altercations with the Council but have held sway in the end.
Before the Enlightenment other orthodoxies held sway and valued other forms of consciousness or cognition.
In Paul the Apostle we see a man in whose life the Cross held sway.
The Germans eventually held sway and evacuated everyone from the war zone except the Jews.
This development was shaped by the theories of Keynes which held sway for several decades.
The old god Amun held sway over Egypt once more.
Baudrillard abandoned the political engagement of French philosophy that held sway since Sartre.
The Mughals and the Portuguese held sway in the following naval battle.
Here the two noble families von Hunsbach and von Selbach both held sway.
They were Catholic families who held sway in large parts of Armagh.
For countless thousands of years, competition has held sway.
The Pandyas and Pallavas held sway over the region for short periods.
Since then, the pessimists have held sway.
Cold, clammy winter still held sway in this forsaken country.
At night, it was not that armed groups held sway para.
Nevertheless, her power held sway until her natural death.
For now all was restored to her … and good held sway.
The Lords of Westerburg and Runkel held sway over the parish of Seck.
Once these poets had become canonised, their opinions held sway.
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Will sway the balance of power as we know it
That can not sway the court
It holds sway over unchallengeable moral authority
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Regular meetings were held in all the sectors
Was held up this morning shortly after opening
Informal consultations are held prior to formal deliberations
