Sentences with 'leverage'
Example sentences and phrases with the word leverage and other words derived from it.
• « Needless to say, the other European powers were unwilling to honour this agreement, called the Treaty of Tordesillas and dating from 1494, but it gave the Spanish and Portuguese considerable leverage. »
• « Deferred response: The critic has initiated the confrontation, which gives you some leverage. However, you rarely need to give an immediate response. »
• « The war between Britain and France in the 1790s shaped American foreign policy. As a new and, compared to the European powers, extremely weak nation, the American republic had no control over European events, and no real leverage to achieve its goals of free trade in the Atlantic. »