INFLUENCE in a Sentence

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1. He had a profound influence on modern poets.
2. The media has a powerful influence on public opinion.
3. The family never quite regained its former influence.
4. His family have been a very positive influence on him.
5. Foreign domination had a malign influence on local politics.

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 Meanings and Examples of INFLUENCE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
influence
 n.  power affecting person or thing; effect of one thing on another; flowing in or upon; influx
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  In the case of Lucy Ferrier the occasion was serious enough in itself, apart from its future influence on her destiny and that of many besides.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
2  He had SEEMED to oppose the windmill, simply as a manoeuvre to get rid of Snowball, who was a dangerous character and a bad influence.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
3  It seemed to them as though Snowball were some kind of invisible influence, pervading the air about them and menacing them with all kinds of dangers.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
4  In this character, it was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of down-going men.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER STORY OF THE DOOR
5  Now that that evil influence had been withdrawn, a new life began for Dr. Jekyll.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER REMARKABLE INCIDENT OF DR. LANYON
6  About a week has passed, and I am now finishing this statement under the influence of the last of the old powders.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
7  But I must go, you know, whether I like it or not; and I had better go where I can take with me some advantage of your influence, than where I should lose it altogether.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VIII
8  No graceful little adornment, no fanciful little device, however trivial, anywhere expressed her influence.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
9  It certainly did seem that the whelp yielded to this influence.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
10  Heaven in ire has driven him from his country, but industry has opened to him the only road to power and to influence, which oppression has left unbarred.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
11  Under Mrs Bolton's influence, Clifford began to take a new interest in the mines.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
12  But under Mrs Bolton's influence, Clifford was tempted to enter this other fight, to capture the bitch-goddess by brute means of industrial production.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
13  Connie attributed it to Mrs Bolton's influence upon him, just at the crisis in his life.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
14  I do not wish to influence Mr. Rushworth," he continued; "but, had I a place to new fashion, I should not put myself into the hands of an improver.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
15  When they came within the influence of Sotherton associations, it was better for Miss Bertram, who might be said to have two strings to her bow.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
Example Sentence: (80 in 6 pages)
16  Under the influence of the drug my mind was filled with surreal images.
17  Rome's sphere of influence extended across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
18  The family never quite regained its former influence.
19  He accused foreign nations of having a hidden agenda to harm French influence.
20  Foreign domination had a malign influence on local politics.
21  The rest of us have precious little influence over the global economy, though our lives are deeply affected by it.
22  Men of privilege without power are waste material, Men of enlighten-ment without influence are the poorest kind of rubbish.
23  The media has a powerful influence on public opinion.
24  If you were to exert your influence they might change their decision.
25  He had a profound influence on modern poets.
26  Furthermore, it is difficult for the participant observer not to exert some influence on the events that are being observed.
27  His family have been a very positive influence on him.
28  During his tenure as dean, he had a real influence on the students.
29  In arming the dictator, the US was creating a Frankenstein who would threaten their influence in the region.
30  The government should continue to use its influence for the release of all hostages.