clipped his wings造句

• Israel's 74-year-old president will boycott an air force celebration after the country's top military brass clipped his wings, a newspaper said Sunday.
• In his long-running, thinly concealed campaign to remove Reuther, Anemone clipped his wings last year by removing the Cold Case Squad from the Detective Bureau and putting it under the control of his office.
• Kuerten, a Brazilian built like a scarecrow, threw a scare into the high-flying Sampras, clipped his wings, and sent him into a seemingly groggy tailspin as the Ericsson Open title bout approached a roaring climax in its fourth set.
• But many analysts interpreted the move as a step towards curbing the influence of the well-respected bank governor, Djiwandono . " It's like Suharto has suddenly clipped his wings, " the Associated Press quoted one analyst close to Bank Indonesia as saying.