CLOUT in a Sentence

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For CLOUT, below is one of 7 sentences:
Now she knew what Reconstruction meant, knew as well as if the house were ringed about by naked savages, squatting in breech clouts.

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 Meanings and Examples of CLOUT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
clout
 n.  blow, especially with fist; great influence, especially political or social
Classic Sentence:
1  Now she knew what Reconstruction meant, knew as well as if the house were ringed about by naked savages, squatting in breech clouts.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
Example Sentence:
1  Ne'er cast a clout till May be out.
2  He has a lot of clout within the party.
3  An official protest could carry considerable clout.
4  But then again, the new administration's foreign policy clout is yet to be truly tested.
5  Beckham's cultural clout, combined with his valuable (if diminished) presence on the soccer field, raised the profile of MLS.
6  Men have lost their reason in nothig so much as their religion, wherein stones and clouts make martyrs.