How to Use influence in a Sentence

influence

1 of 2 noun
  • Her parents still have a great deal of influence over her.
  • Her parents are concerned that her new friends may have a bad influence on her.
  • She has remained under the influence of her parents.
  • His health problems may have had some influence on his decision.
  • He used his influence to reform the company's policies.
  • Recent years have seen a decline in the company's influence within the industry.
  • Her ideas have gradually gained influence in the company.
  • The chairman wields considerable influence over the board's decisions.
  • She claims that her personal problems played no influence upon her decision to resign.
  • Emily Dickinson has had a major influence on his poetry.
  • The Gotham are just the start of a busy week that has a great influence on the Oscar race.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 28 Nov. 2021
  • One thing that doesn’t come up very much in the book is Roth’s influence.
    Matthew Schneier, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Still, the Me 262 was a major influence on what was to come.
    David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2021
  • The Stalker gag is all the more salty as Tarkovsky’s influence is strong.
    Yasmine Seale, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
  • The whole point is to remove state influence and turn it over to the people.
    Sandra Gomez-Aceves, courant.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Jacobs is a great influence to a team that is jelling at the right time.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Below is a great look at the influence of Chase in the Bengals’ run game.
    Lance Reisland, cleveland, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Sanders’s campaign is making this about the influence of the wealthy.
    Tara Golshan, Vox, 20 Aug. 2019
  • In many ways, his influence would loom large after his son took the reins.
    Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 8 Nov. 2018
  • Her work looked at the climate influences of streamflow on the Upper Gila, the Salt and the Verde rivers.
    Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
  • The influence of Asian culture and martial arts has been huge in your work.
    Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2022
  • In this episode, Jeff and Jonathan discuss the influence of weather on plant growth.
    Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2023
  • The point, then, isn’t to discount breed’s influence over dogs, but to rethink its sway over us.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2022
  • But yeah, he Dario laid out some of the risks that are inherent in the growing influence of A.I.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 21 July 2023
  • There is a big rumba influence on it, with this baile funk rhythm.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2022
  • There was something about him that was a big influence.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Google wields heavy influence over the parts of our lives embedded on our phones.
    Alex Davies, WIRED, 11 July 2018
  • Be a calm, serene influence on someone who is jumpy or stressed.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 11 Nov. 2020
  • The cultural influences of his past are apparent at Besties.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Rihanna is celebrating the style influence of her boyfriend A$AP Rocky.
    Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
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influence

2 of 2 verb
  • No one knows how this decision will influence the outcome of the election.
  • I was deeply influenced by my parents.
  • She claims that her decision to resign was not influenced by her personal problems.
  • He's accused of illegally attempting to influence the jury.
  • So, the score was influenced by the party feel as well.
    Monique Newman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Do parents have a lot of room to influence who their kids will turn out to be?
    Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 19 July 2021
  • The college choice of one figured to influence the pick of the other.
    Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2022
  • How did falling short of the Final Four the past two years influence his choice?
    Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2022
  • This was one of the things that really influenced him to want to be in music and sing.
    Melinda Newman, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The idea is to let voters know who is trying to influence them.
    Jaclyn Gallucci, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2018
  • That influences how Chris Mack and his staff can fill in their roster.
    Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal, 10 July 2018
  • Because of new media, we’re all influenced by the same things.
    Melissa Magsaysay, latimes.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Mickey favors a lucky coin piece while I am influenced by a ring and bracelet.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2019
  • The president has long refused to curb the arms flow to influence Israel’s approach to the war.
    Peter Baker, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
  • How did a painting of a court scene from more than three centuries ago influence you?
    Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Most people live in safe seats, and the time to influence who appears on the ballot is mostly passed.
    Libby Watson, The New Republic, 14 Aug. 2020
  • How did living in two of the largest cities in the country influence your songwriting?
    Alessandro Corona, The Enquirer, 21 July 2022
  • The media has the power to influence how people respond to things.
    Eunica Escalante, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Design is sure to influence the outcome of this year's race as well.
    Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Youngkin has two real paths to influence TJ, Kelsey said.
    Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Who among the class, though, can claim to have influenced greatness so far and remarkably wide?
    Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 July 2018
  • His biggest goal is to influence the Black culinary world and teach those who look just like him.
    Alexandria Jack, Chron, 17 Feb. 2023
  • After all, the state of our homes can directly influence the state of our minds.
    Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful, 24 July 2020
  • Progressive efforts to influence and pack the court may in the end destroy it.
    WSJ, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Should that first mask slip, what’s stopping any of us from being influenced by the chaos around us to become killers?
    Paige S. Allen, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Oct. 2017
  • Did that influence your decision to start a skin-care line?
    Max Berlinger, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
  • Design tends to reflect the values of those who influence it.
    Carmela Chirinos, Fortune, 26 May 2022
  • How did growing up there influence your voice and point of view as a writer, later in life?
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Milestones like crawling, rolling over, and sitting up will all be influenced by tummy time.
    Maya Polton, Parents, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The finding suggests that autism symptoms can be greatly influenced by events that happen after conception.
    Jon Hamilton, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024

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