How to Use influence in a Sentence

influence

1 of 2 noun
Definition of influencenext
Synonyms for influencenext
  • 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.
  • Jacobs is a great influence to a team that is jelling at the right time.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 23 Oct. 2021
  • The whole point is to remove state influence and turn it over to the people.
    — Sandra Gomez-Aceves, courant.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • Sanders’s campaign is making this about the influence of the wealthy.
    — Tara Golshan, Vox, 20 Aug. 2019
  • There was something about him that was a big influence.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2021
  • In many ways, his influence would loom large after his son took the reins.
    — Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 8 Nov. 2018
  • Antoine said her son had a large influence over his friends.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN, 23 July 2021
  • Google wields heavy influence over the parts of our lives embedded on our phones.
    — Alex Davies, WIRED, 11 July 2018
  • One thing that doesn’t come up very much in the book is Roth’s influence.
    — Matthew Schneier, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2021
  • There is a big rumba influence on it, with this baile funk rhythm.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2022
  • And then there is the influence of poverty and privilege.
    — S. Jay Olshansky, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Be a calm, serene influence on someone who is jumpy or stressed.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 11 Nov. 2020
  • The driver was not charged with driving under the influence.
    — Scott Berson, charlotteobserver, 22 May 2018
  • The influence of Asian culture and martial arts has been huge in your work.
    — Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The influence of carbon dioxide can be seen in past changes in climate.
    — Jason West, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The Stalker gag is all the more salty as Tarkovsky’s influence is strong.
    — Yasmine Seale, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
  • And what influence did the annotations have on your own work?
    — Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Musk seems well aware of that influence, and has criticized it.
    — NBC News, 15 Apr. 2022
  • He was also found to be under the influence of painkillers and failed a field sobriety test.
    — Fox News, 11 July 2018
  • The one area that could see the government flex its new influence: refunds.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2020
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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
  • The college choice of one figured to influence the pick of the other.
    — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2022
  • 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 idea is to let voters know who is trying to influence them.
    — Jaclyn Gallucci, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The media has the power to influence how people respond to things.
    — Eunica Escalante, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2021
  • How did a painting of a court scene from more than three centuries ago influence you?
    — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022
  • How did living in two of the largest cities in the country influence your songwriting?
    — Alessandro Corona, The Enquirer, 21 July 2022
  • Progressive efforts to influence and pack the court may in the end destroy it.
    — WSJ, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Design tends to reflect the values of those who influence it.
    — Carmela Chirinos, Fortune, 26 May 2022
  • But the ruling could influence the murder case against her.
    — NBC News, 26 May 2021
  • Design is sure to influence the outcome of this year's race as well.
    — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Because of new media, we’re all influenced by the same things.
    — Melissa Magsaysay, latimes.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Did that influence your decision to start a skin-care line?
    — Max Berlinger, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
  • 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
  • After all, the state of our homes can directly influence the state of our minds.
    — Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful, 24 July 2020
  • On the walls are depicted lots of postcards of great works of art by painters that influenced my father.
    — Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Mickey favors a lucky coin piece while I am influenced by a ring and bracelet.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2019
  • But other factors could influence the numbers in the next few weeks.
    — Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 4 June 2020
  • How did falling short of the Final Four the past two years influence his choice?
    — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2022
  • There are so many things that can influence winning or losing.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Missed the opportunity to influence the lives of young men who turned out so well.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 10 July 2020
  • 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
  • Such speed influences the design in radical ways that can be seen in the render.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 26 June 2018
  • That influences how Chris Mack and his staff can fill in their roster.
    — Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal, 10 July 2018
  • The only states where cheating might influence the outcome are a handful of swing states.
    — Star Tribune, 29 Oct. 2020
  • His biggest goal is to influence the Black culinary world and teach those who look just like him.
    — Alexandria Jack, Chron, 17 Feb. 2023

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