Examples of 'holds sway' in a sentence

Meaning of "holds sway"

Holds sway: Exerts influence or control over a person, group, or situation. This phrase is used to convey that someone or something has the power to affect decisions, opinions, or events

How to use "holds sway" in a sentence

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It holds sway over unchallengeable moral authority.
The spoken word still holds sway.
He still holds sway in the party.
This is where satan holds sway.
It even holds sway over what you wear.
Over us the bloodstained banner of tyranny holds sway.
Which means that he holds sway over them.
But he holds sway over these people as their pastor.
The enchantress who holds sway.
She holds sway over two big vote precincts.
Your system holds sway.
It all holds sway over the world that manifests in front of us.
I understand that your master holds sway over you.
He who holds sway over it shall now lose his throne.
I am now with the woman who holds sway over me.

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Economic determinism holds sway in the thinking of both alternative and mainstream researchers.
The engine holds sway.
And now everyone knows that in the schoolyard whatever I say holds sway.
Our third is to identify who holds sway in target states.
Marc holds sway over them, they stayed mum.
The theory of a government assassination holds sway to this day.
But a small minority holds sway by means of terror and violence.
Where Nature still holds sway.
Spirit of apocalypses holds sway over modern culture and slowly infecting everything around.
This state of uncertainty even holds sway in the Church.
The man holds sway at the Pentagon.
With the point at its head Wotan holds sway over the world.
Holds sway over all seven heads, which represent the last seven resurrections of.
Impunity holds sway.
Certainly, it seems that legal positivism holds sway.
And terror no longer holds sway over our common life.
On the left, a parallel attitude holds sway.
This capitalist morality holds sway in almost all societies in our day.
Now the High Priest holds sway.
This is purely about which country holds sway over a preclearance area in an international airport.
On the right hand side, gravity holds sway.
Now Australia holds sway over the world of bowls.
Rather, a moderate climate holds sway here.
His warped logic holds sway at the highest levels of US society.
In the physical realm, duration is the part of time that holds sway.
Of tyranny holds sway.
The college has no standing here, and the interests of the plaintiff ' suit holds sway.
The heavenly world thus always holds sway over the earthly world.
They are followed by US competitors, with a specialised machinery holds sway.
The austerity mantra holds sway over large swathes of Europe.
In all of these areas, the Left holds sway.
This is the reason Satan holds sway over so many hearts and so many situations.
Science rules on the dayside, while magic holds sway in the night.
The Pareto Principle holds sway for most work efforts that are not purely rote.
When the dominant issue is economics, Germany holds sway.

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That can not sway the court
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Examples of using Holds
Maragall holds out his hand to the pp
Just hope this old mineshaft holds up
I know she holds you in high regard
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