Now that you know Howard's character,--know him to have deserted and to have striven to injure you in many a way, will you still persist in saying he did not wield the knife that slashed you?
Would you declare that Howard did not wield the knife that slashed you--but was meant for Lieutenant Davies?
If this migration falls short of establishing in that section Negro colonies large enough to wield economic and political power, their state in the end will not be any better than that of the Negroes already there.
Or are ye come to wield the brand, On the bonny banks of Yarrow?
I am no come to drink the wine, As I hae doon before, oh, But I am come to wield the brand, On the dowie houms of Yarrow.
Until then you must treat Andrew as your natural guardian, and there is no need to anger him by letting him know that your heart is with the king over the water, any more than that you can wield a sword like a gentleman.
But unseen voices may emanate from unseen and unseeable creatures whowield invisible blades," answered the green warrior.
And we, dear brethren, seeking the law of God and the good of the commonwealth, will do everything possible, that every one of our men who is able to wield a club or even to hurl a stone should march to your aid.
Wield bravely your arms; Pray to your Lord God; Strike and kill!
Arms may fail for want of strength to wield them: wisdom girdeth us with strength unto the battle; and nerved by her influence, the feeblest in our ranks can run through a troop and leap over a wall.
A parang swung close to Number Twelve, but his own, which he had now learned to wield with fearful effect, clove through the pursuing warrior's skull splitting him wide to the breast bone.
There was no chance to wield a blade in the face of that terrific onslaught, for the whip fell, not with the ordinary force of a man-held lash, but with all the stupendous power of those giant shoulders and arms behind it.
He was then taught to get on and off a horse with his heavy armor on, to wield the battle axe, and practise tilting with a spear.
O Durendal, though it grieves me sore, I had rather break thee than that pagan hands should wield thee against France.
Now I am come to an age when I canwield weapons and deal stout blows; and never will I take comfort till I see Denmark again.
These extract plenty from the earth; their hands wield the blade of Jemshid with which he clove the ground, and drew forth the treasures of abundance.
In reality, the kingdom of Israel, even under David, was but a petty state; and such power as it seemed to wield was due largely to the momentary weakness of surrounding nations.
It may not be our lot to wield The sickle in the ripened field; Nor ours to hear, on summer eves, The reaper's song among the sheaves.
Beekman of New York City for governor, found that Seymour could cut deeply when he chose to wield a blade.
Whoso can pleasantly communicate, Will not make war with popular caprices, For, as the circle waxes great, The power his word shall wield increases.
I am not used to that, I ne'er could bring me to it, To wield the spade, I could not do it.
I wieldthe flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under; And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder.
The water-sprites will wield their arms And dash around, with roar and rave, And vain are the woodland spirits' charms, They are the imps that rule the wave.
Women's nimble fingers, accustomed to wield the needle, lend themselves quite easily to minute operations in the use of small instruments and the almost imperceptible shades of manipulation that wood engraving exacts.
The aspiring character of our people and their thirst for knowledge will long make a heavy demand on the talent and taste of those who wield the editor's pen.
Mendicant brotherhoods and ascetic communities were soon able, by legal fictions, to revel in opulence, to steep themselves in luxury, and yet to wield a religious authority which princes envied.
Can the hand that guides a pen so well wield a sword and couch a lance?
I can couch a lance, or wield a sword as well as ever, and I don't see why, being a gentleman of name and arms, I should be thrown on one side like a rusty plastron.
No true Scottish blood, I trust, will ever stain their scaffolds; for while we have arms to wield a sword, he must be a fool that grounds them on any other terms than freedom or death.
Bruce looked steadfastly on the sage: "Then if thy voice utter holy verity, it will not again deny my call to wield the power that Heaven bestows!
Beloved by a grateful people, I could wieldhalf her power to the destruction of the rest; but I would not pluck one stone out of the building I have raised.
Of love he did not think, nor did he care if it never came; but this beautiful prize which had been coveted by so many was his at last, and he meant to mould it and wield it in accordance with his pleasure.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wield" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
