wangle in English

noun

1

an act or an instance of obtaining something by persuasion or manipulation.

they regarded the coalition as a wangle

verb

1

obtain (something that is desired) by persuading others to comply or by manipulating events.

I wangled an invitation to her party

noun

• wangling

verb

• manage, finagle
• fake, manipulate, cook, falsify, fudge, misrepresent

Use "wangle" in a sentence

1. I'm sure you can wangle the information out of him.

2. He is trying to wangle his way onto the committee.

3. Alice was trying to wangle her way onto the committee.

4. 14 I'll be so jealous if you manage to wangle an invitation to his house.

5. He came to wangle your legacy from you and you refused.

6. I asked the Captain to wangle us three tickets to Athens.

7. I am also not entirely comfortable with the way that stay-at-home parents manage to wangle all the credit.

8. Some of them had no doubt spent most of the preceding year trying to wangle an invitation to play in the pro-am.

9. family depended on his ability to wangle a few dollars occasionally . With this money, they would eat well and dress well for a while , making a pretence of affluence.

10. Soon Afterward, he began working as an account executive in the corporate sponsorship department of NBA Properties.: Will Lola and Ella be able to get to the concert, wangle invitations to Stu's party Afterward, and face down Carla?: The meeting wound down shortly Afterward but not before an agitated President Reagan warned once more against leaks.: She had Afterward wondered aloud if perhaps