wangle

Example Sentences

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Clearly, the few evolutionary changes the domestic cat has made have been the right ones to wangle their way into people's hearts and homes.

From Salon • Aug. 11, 2023

Even when I was filming “Clifford,” I managed to somehow wangle my way into getting onto a flight and going back for three days of Glastonbury, and I was just floating.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

Once he tried to wangle a legitimate PhD from the University of Manchester.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2020

At six, he got his first library card from the Brooklyn Public Library; he would eventually wangle a second one from the neighbouring borough of Queens, doubling his weekly intake.

From Nature • Jan. 27, 2020

“Order of Merlin, Second Class, I’d say. First Class, if I can wangle it!”

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling