I pray you to seek some other means of influencing Mr. Rutledge; he cannot be reached through me.
Can we state it as our honest opinion that the consolations of belief enter into the every-day life of the average man, influencingthereby his happiness?
My contention, then, is that a feeling of certainty regarding ultimate consequences is, above all others, the most powerful factor in influencing conduct.
Rough Ways Made Smooth) that the phenomena of hypnotism "promise to afford valuable means of curing certain ailments, and of influencing in useful ways certain powers and functions of the body.
But one or more will be found in every person whom it succeeds in influencing and dominating.
To come into personal contact with a man gives an opportunity ofinfluencing him for Christ, and with opportunity goes its twin partner--responsibility.
True moral teaching, the true way of influencing children for good, lies in the manner of speaking to them, treating them and living with them.
The conception of true or intentional suggestion infers the determined will of one man influencing another by suggestion; there is no other criterion.
We should never have dreamed ofinfluencing the dear child in such a matter.
I have had her educated with the utmost care, and her father has, I may say, devoted himself to the task of influencing her in the right direction in matters of opinion, and has ably seconded all my endeavours in other respects.
It was, however, because Madge's fancy lay that way, that she took it; I cannot flatter myself that my faintly suggestive touch on the left rein had anything to do with influencing her decision.
Some have gone to the length of forbidding "treating" and other similar means of influencing voters.
The confidence with which he honors my zeal has enabled me to discuss the matter with someinfluencing characters among the allied generals and diplomates.
Whether Mr. Gallatin had anything to do with influencingthe result of this trial is unknown.
This characterization is part of the technique of influencing the development of character and conduct.
Approbation and disapprobation are ways of influencing the formation of habits and aims; that is, of influencing future acts.
For in the long run this is the most effective way of influencing activity to take this desirable direction rather than that objectionable one.
Thought then either resorts to specialized and technical matters influencing action in the library or laboratory alone, or else it becomes sentimentalized.
On a knowledge of these is founded every reasonable anticipation of future facts, and whatever power we possess of influencing those facts to our advantage.
We are always influencing her and yet can do her no violence.
At great cost and risk she has carried her piano up into these wilds, and finds it an invaluable assistance in training and influencing her pupils.
It would have been worthless if it had been, so far as influencing that jury's minds was concerned.
It is not unlikely that a preference for a different method of influencing Congress than that which I have described, was one of the reasons in favor of Mr. King.
I suppose that every writer who discusses a subject with a view of influencing the thought of the public, must be more or less discouraged by the small amount of attention the best he can say is likely to receive from his fellow-men.
A movement which is not only an influence, perhaps not yet recognised, in this country, but is influencing the women's movement all over the world.
From our point of view both Houses of Parliament were unrepresentative until women had a voice in choosing legislators and influencing law making.
She also rather retained her habit of being interested in the great events of the day, and in influencing them by dint of feminine intrigues more or less.
I no more thought of influencing the Legislature than I would have thought of attempting to influence the Judiciary.
The first step in this process of self-acquaintance is to secure an accurate knowledge of the kinds of people which compose the community, and how its past is influencing its present.
They raised a fund for the purpose of trying "to get a better Volksraad"--whether byinfluencing members or by supplying funds for election expenses has never been made clear.
Rich men and powerful corporations surrounded those who had concessions to give or the means of influencing legislation, whether directly or indirectly.
The crown still possessed considerable power of opposing parliaments; and had not as yet acquired the means of influencing them.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "influencing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
