manage to get

Example Sentences

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The brothers manage to get hold of the diamond, making Arco’s journey home more difficult.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Although I did manage to get a few questions in that evening, I still chuckle at the memory of myself, sitting back, legs extended with a note pad in hand taking notes!

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

When neither works, Nora tears at her costume and hair before being calmed to a lull by stagehands who successfully manage to get their star in front of the audience and on her mark.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2025

"Whenever I manage to get clothes, or if I see something that's cheap, I buy it and resell it, which is what the majority of neighbors around here do," vendor Gladys Gutierrez, 46, told AFP.

From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025

Did you manage to get Mirjam off the bridge?

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse