wielded

Meaning

of Wield

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

used handled applied exercised operated flourished overbore

Phrases with the word

dual-wielded weapons dual-wielded swords

Examples

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts. Henry Adams

Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will manufacture still more teachers. Simone Weil

Symbolic violence is violence wielded with tacit complicity between its victims and its agents, insofar as both remain unconscious of submitting to or wielding it. Pierre Bourdieu

It is many years since I have wielded a weapon larger than a pen, borne anything weightier than a difficult problem in philosophy. Michael Moorcock

Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors, who when their turn comes will manufacture professors. Simone Veil

Usually when I wielded a hockey stick, it meant somebody was going to get hurt. This is just a friendly match. Stan Mikita