Example sentences for: maneuvered

How can you use “maneuvered” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Then, last July, the GOP Congress maneuvered Clinton into signing a law pledging action as soon as possible--which means building a running missile defense system by 2005.

  • Buchanan might reply with what he says in his book: that FDR "maneuvered us into one collision after another with Germany and Japan so that war would be 'thrust upon us' "--in other words, that the United States effectively made the choice to wage war first.

  • When Beethoven was sent a Broadwood grand as a gift from its British manufacturer in 1818 (he maneuvered to avoid paying import duties, incidentally), he was delighted--with both the gift and the instrument.

  • She supported the Equal Rights Amendment, but then maneuvered to keep it out of the 1984 Democratic platform.

  • Thanks to the proprietress of our hotel, who climbed into the passenger seat and issued directions, I maneuvered our Fiat Punto through a 7-foot-wide stone maze, up and down a series of alleys at harrowing right angles, past scaffolding and cafe tables, to the parking lot.


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