Examples of kingmaker

• A kingmaker is a lame duck who retains the ability to influence (sometimes decisively) who, among other players, will win the game.

• Hence, the gladiator whose turn comes first is the kingmaker.

• Emirs are selected by a council of seven kingmakers.

• According to history, the kingmakers were divided over who should succeed the king.

• Bledsoe was among the most able politicians in the state, though he preferred the role of kingmaker to that of candidate.

• He modestly declined, preferring the role of kingmaker.

• Kingmakers may use political, monetary, religious, and military means to influence the succession.

• He has been described as a virtual kingmaker at that time.