Example sentences for: maneuvered

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

  • 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.

  • We remember the Marshall Plan today not because Secretary of State George Marshall gave a great speech (he didn't) or because President Truman maneuvered the bill creating the staff and bureaucracy of the European Recovery Administration through Congress.

  • Prudie also, however, believes that one should not be maneuvered into invitations--particularly to one's wedding.

  • 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.

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


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