Examples of influential in a Sentence
Adjective
His theories have become more influential in recent years.
My parents have been the most influential people in my life.
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Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
The movie charts the influential British rock group's origin story in the late 1960s, from their earliest days – and how everybody wasn't all about that now-iconic name – to their meteoric rise as one of the world's biggest bands.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Joan C. Williams
june 13, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
To secure support from the elders and influentials, potential parliamentarians were reputed to have paid tens of thousands of dollars for a vote.
—Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2017
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Adjective
Kennedy, who has a history of hostility toward vaccines and has promoted conspiracy theories, earlier this week took the unprecedented step of removing all 17 members of the influential Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
The movie charts the influential British rock group's origin story in the late 1960s, from their earliest days – and how everybody wasn't all about that now-iconic name – to their meteoric rise as one of the world's biggest bands.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Noun
But that’s not the only fix Richard Reeves suggests in his influential Of Boys and Men.
—Joan C. Williams
june 13, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
To secure support from the elders and influentials, potential parliamentarians were reputed to have paid tens of thousands of dollars for a vote.
—Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2017
See All Example Sentences for influential
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“Influential.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/influential. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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