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Sentence Examples The missile successfully completed a mid-air manoeuvre and hit a decommissioned ship. For the next two weeks it will tower over the stadium as it is used to manoeuvre the roof of the two-tier West Stand into place. No, she does not, despite the fact his manoeuvre denied her the chance to stand as deputy, a post she might have won. He could harness the pony and cart, he could even manoeuvre the heavy milk churn on to the back of the cart. This delicate manoeuvre brought at least one young woman from a reclining position to the edge of her seat in the dress circle. Sailors pushed up and down on the oars like a water pump to manoeuvre the boat. He thought it was a momentary loss of concentration by the car driver who he expected to correct the manoeuvre. This apparent concession is a cynical manoeuvre aimed at saving the faces of any potential turncoats. He is cagey, though, on the extent to which he will have room to manoeuvre in the business of player recruitment. He was then able to manoeuvre some of his cavalry on to the hilltop and fight the Saxons on level ground. Her sinuous grace makes even the most complicated manoeuvre look not just effortless but perfectly natural. I left my position by the door and grabbed the other side of the speaker cabinet, helping to manoeuvre it forward corner by corner. Being a rather spindly and tall individual, he can't manoeuvre into position to have a crack at goal. The rubber tyres of the wheelchair bumped and banged against the curb as he tried to manoeuvre back onto the pavement. He escaped by driving into Fountayne Street between the bollards situated to prevent such a manoeuvre, but was arrested ten days later. There were still labourers out there, struggling to manoeuvre an abatis into position. It drives really well, and it was surprisingly easy to manoeuvre, bearing in mind that long bonnet. There is no room to manoeuvre when the character of a space determines the environment. These guidelines do not recommend oestrogen priming because it is really an unphysiological manoeuvre in the prepubertal child. Backing her horse away from the threat so that she had room to manoeuvre, she unslung her shield and drew her sword. Show More Sentences The lorry stops beside the new hay barn and the men unstring the round bails and manoeuvre them onto the ground. There was a huge queue behind her as she tried ineffectively to manoeuvre off. The manoeuvre was expertly executed, the finish applied with an aplomb of which Ian would have been proud. Slight changes in pressure in your toes, heels and ankles are enough to manoeuvre you and the board in the correct direction. In restaurants, Victor simulates choking in order to bond with, then sponge off, people who leap to perform the Heimlich manoeuvre. His body in my arms dragged me down like gunmetal, but I managed to manoeuvre him to the doorway and out into the cleaner air. H looked lead-footed trying to manoeuvre in the pre-start against rivals who have been perfecting these dark arts for years. It was a political manoeuvre that would send reverberations down the following three centuries. He can manoeuvre the ball that well you couldn't tell he was a right-footed player operating on the left wing. The man keeps smiling at me and I avert my eyes but somehow he is able to manoeuvre himself around so he's constantly in my line of vision. But they have little room for manoeuvre, because they cannot determine the prices. Yet it has more than enough grunt to see you through any overtaking manoeuvre. Turning lock is good though and despite no power steering, it's relatively easy to manoeuvre for a big car. Has she ever tried to rush through York, manoeuvre a pushchair, or wheel a bike through town during the tourist season? There are broad boulevard pistes, delightful glade runs and routes through trees where room for manoeuvre becomes progressively tighter. With 5 per cent added Lycra, the clothing will allow you to manoeuvre more freely. This manoeuvre caused the jib sails to be blown out and with a lurch she went on her beam ends again with the main and mizzen yards under water. The steering is light and makes the car very easy to place and manoeuvre around tight spaces. Then I'll show him the Heimlich manoeuvre and teach him the green cross code. His mum was patting him on the back and had to give him the Heimlich manoeuvre. Show More Sentences The skill required in such a manoeuvre is not to be underestimated, especially in a tight skirt and four inch heels. Anyone who examines the route taken by Hanjour will see that it required a complex manoeuvre by an experienced pilot. In short, in a country that detests the very idea of reform, the room for manoeuvre is virtually zero. The move was obviously a manoeuvre intended to appease and, perhaps, deceive disaffected members who clamoured for fresh leadership of the party. It would seem a shame to turn down such a cunning manoeuvre without a compelling need. Once the goons have us by the throat, there'll be very little room to manoeuvre. Consumers have borrowed up to the hilt, leaving little room for manoeuvre should times get seriously tough. English football has just about exhausted its room for manoeuvre in the domestic market. There is perilously little room for manoeuvre in the group but the stage is set. Wingfield is a spacious property that offers plenty of room for manoeuvre, together with the obvious benefits of being in walk-in condition. Potentially, this imposes a degree of constraint on the party leadership's room for manoeuvre. And the Christmas launch date appeared to leave the company little room for manoeuvre should anything go wrong. As in the US, there is a sense that the central bank's room for manoeuvre on interest rates is narrowing. But when the FBI or customs officers come calling, there is little room for manoeuvre. There are no prizes for guessing who the government was trying to please with that particular manoeuvre. This created a little room for manoeuvre and sometimes even allowed limited state welfare measures to be introduced. Worse than that, his predecessor had spent all the money, leaving him precious little room for manoeuvre. Again, I cannot interfere in that, but I need to know what they are doing, and I think there is therefore room for manoeuvre in that matter. In such circumstances, there would be some room for manoeuvre on interest rates. The strain, as a punter tries to manoeuvre a fully laden trolley around the end of an aisle is just colossal. Show More Sentences Whilst few doubt his earnestness, many doubt both his room for manoeuvre and his physical ability. When bleeding is not controlled by this manoeuvre, the usual cause is fundal bleeding, and angiography is performed. The new design should make it easier for the street cleansers to manoeuvre it around tight roads and into cul-de-sacs. Rowing conditions were perfect in particular for coxes who have to manoeuvre the course with care and skill. In response, she sought to manoeuvre his own people ahead of his supporters in the lists. Everybody is going away to think about what the best way is to manoeuvre the cross into position. What can we expect from the conservatives in this configuration of great potential power combined with extremely narrow room to manoeuvre? Some regard his positions as a reckless manoeuvre that will exacerbate racial tensions. Generally thin starting margins suggest little room for manoeuvre on profits when the unexpected happens. The Mongols may have imbibed ideas about manoeuvre warfare from captive Chinese, but it is more likely they did it by instinct. During slack water, tugs tow freight barges and rafts of logs through the narrows with scant room to manoeuvre. It took an hour for the large refrigerated cargo ship to manoeuvre to bring the four on deck, using a rope ladder over the side. India and Pakistan would gain in global stature and expand their room for independent manoeuvre. Each competitor tries to manoeuvre the other into making an error or violating the rules and incurring a penalty. Vehicles behind it honk, two and three-wheelers manoeuvre all around it and amid the confusion, people are trying to scramble into it. After eleven days of skirmishing and manoeuvre, in which the Romans gradually moved closer to the Seleucid camp, Antiochus was forced to fight. Placed right in the middle of the bazaar, you will have to manoeuvre amid men carrying sacks to enter the gallery. The steering is light and makes the Fabia very easy to place and manoeuvre around tight spaces. Triumph engineers believed that women were unable to park or manoeuvre in tight spaces and so the car had to be able to turn on a sixpence. The chandelle is not a combat manoeuvre to get you a kill shot with your guns. Show More Sentences Expecting a positive response from the Government, Mr McLoone said the unions don't have much room for manoeuvre. They accused the chancellor of isolating Germany internationally and eroding the country's diplomatic room for manoeuvre. Then I can just manoeuvre over to my local neighbourhood crane, knock the bomb off, land up-right and go on my merry way. The mid-air catch manoeuvre has been resurrected from the days of the Cold War. A party that is willing to sacrifice any or all of its policy preferences will have more room to manoeuvre than a competitor who gets stuck on a principle. Accordingly, it is planning its own free paper as a blocking manoeuvre. I was held in a cell with 20 other prisoners with no room to manoeuvre. A driver who rammed two cars was so drunk he could not manoeuvre his vehicle and was seen staggering away after it hit a lamp post, a court was told. The perch outside one of the boxes has slipped and Don was trying to manoeuvre it back into position when a rosella popped her head out from the box to see what was happening. The steering takes 2.5 turns from lock to lock which is fine on the move but requires a fair bit of grappling at low speeds to manoeuvre the car around. Mitchell felt their ultimatum left Fifa with little room for manoeuvre. With national budget positions close to balance or in surplus, countries have ample room for manoeuvre to cope with adverse economic developments. If we wanted to be sure of succeeding with the big ventures, we would have to act rapidly and ensure early on that we had given ourselves enough room for manoeuvre. When that failed, leading firefighter Tom Warnock, who directed the operation, got the rescue boat to manoeuvre closer in the hope of shocking her into moving out of the silt. These can range from narrow aisles to inadequate toilet facilities but for William his biggest headache is finding a suitable shopping trolley he can manoeuvre himself. It took a couple of spins around Marble Arch and a brief stop in Belgrave Square to phone my brother for directions before I finally managed to manoeuvre onto Kensington Road. The car, which had its lights left on, was parked so close to the traffic lights on The Broadway that cars turning left had to manoeuvre round it. The ruling class may jettison figureheads who have served their interests for years, but they organise and manoeuvre to ensure their rule is restabilised. Hundreds of striking Yorkshire miners are set to ballot for further industrial action, in a ground-breaking legal manoeuvre which could safeguard their jobs. The plan had been to execute a three-point turn, but at an early stage in the manoeuvre I made a misjudgement and reversed on to the sloping lawn in front of the hostel. Show More Sentences Early yesterday a column of armoured vehicles moved into the outskirts in a manoeuvre designed to draw out rebels and provide fresh targets for the air power and artillery. Warships at this time were propelled by a number of oarsmen which rowed the boat if it came becalmed or it was necessary to manoeuvre it in battle. Rather than higher inflation, tumbling oil prices point to reduced price pressure and more room for manoeuvre for central bankers. Since the Egyptians made no use of block and tackle methods, or cranes, it is usually assumed that wooden and bronze levers were used to manoeuvre the blocks into position. He said Mr Rhodes had not anticipated the traffic bollard in the middle of the road and had lost control after being forced to make a harsh steering manoeuvre. Pedestrians are forced to suffer the burden of consequent slipperiness because the heavier ice-clearing equipment can't manoeuvre on the city's 3,500 kilometres of sidewalks. You then drop yourself into the commander's seat, close the hatch and manoeuvre backwards onto the left bucket seat taking care not to sit on the seat belts. They must have been clumsy and difficult to manoeuvre as well. Between day jobs, Donovan studied sound recording and built the studio, amassing the gear and the expertise to manoeuvre the band's integral process. It is a manoeuvre dreaded by many motorists, but now scientists have developed an in-car gadget to help even the worst driver achieve perfect parallel parking. The manoeuvre saw him finally in the clear and he finished like the proverbial express train, but alas it was all too late, and he had to settle for fourth place. We fetched up in front of the hotel after a final death defying manoeuvre involving three lanes of traffic, a pelican crossing and one or two expendable pedestrians. The reason seems to be that they are clumsy and difficult to manoeuvre. Contractors started taking down fencing and told residents it was easier for them to manoeuvre their vehicles if people started parking on the curbs. We may not gainsay the outcome but we can say that if the Commission rules against Deputy Collins the party leadership will have little room for manoeuvre. Each episode is a marvellous dance through any number of narrative spaces, as a company of principals, supporting characters and guest artists perform each complex manoeuvre. By this time other drivers behind us were likewise being highly discourteous with horns and headlights, displaying negative opinions on his ill considered manoeuvre. Occasionally, executing a standard manoeuvre such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would need to reinstall the engine. He drove a very strong race pushing hard throughout and perfectly executing an overtaking manoeuvre over Michael that turned out to be decisive for us to finish third. He battled huge updrafts and downdrafts to take Solo Spirit up and over a 6700-metre Andean peak in a manoeuvre so risky he opted to wear a parachute. Show More Sentences If he is able to keep clear only by making an unseamanlike manoeuvre, then your tack was too close. I recce'd my range, which was intended to be used for pairs fire and manoeuvre, and generally got on with it. The station platforms were lengthened, and engine release movements from the platforms now had to cross the road twice to complete the manoeuvre. After the race the rules were clarified by stewards to only allow a driver to make one move during an overtaking manoeuvre. The parallel parking or reverse parking manoeuvre is known for being one of the most difficult and as a result, fails a great many driving tests. By 1906 such a manoeuvre was intended to pass through neutral Belgium and threaten Paris from the north. Further desertions of John's local allies at the beginning of 1203 steadily reduced John's freedom to manoeuvre in the region. We also think England will be desperate to put down a marker early in the game and could quickly manoeuvre Wilko into a drop-kicking position. During the trial 38 dogs were run, each having to manoeuvre four black faced gimmers under the command of their owners. A new report examines the G-force a pilot has to endure for such a manoeuvre. One misplaced pass, one overelaborate manoeuvre that went wrong and there was that famous withering look. Other exercises such as valsalva manoeuvre should help with keeping the ear open and reducing the discomfort. But the fact is that the beginning manoeuvre of totalization was crucial for him, and it appears repeatedly in his major texts. The stewards found Cosgrave in breach of Rule 156 in that he 'had made a positive manoeuvre too late as a result of a serious misjudgement. The play's principal comic manoeuvre is to have concern switchblading into callousness. There are major disagreements within the Coalition and politicians always want to retain room for manoeuvre. The English cavalry was hemmed in making it difficult for them to manoeuvre. They do this through their own laws and hence have room to manoeuvre in deciding upon them. Thus, Flora will defy Waverley but not Fergus to any significant extent, and has some room to manoeuvre, even though limited, only after the latter's death. For the first time, the research team showed that people with tetraplegia can manoeuvre a wheelchair better with the Tongue Drive System than with the sip-and-puff system. Show More Sentences Deploying to the west would bring his fleet closer to Scheer, gaining valuable time as dusk approached, but the Germans might arrive before the manoeuvre was complete. In practice, they proved to be too large to manoeuvre well in the close waters of estuaries and rivers, the only places in which a naval battle could occur. Although Brodessa hung left and hampered Mystagogue over a furlong out, the stewards concluded the manoeuvre neither improved his placing nor involved a riding offence. After a short pause, Napoleon carried out a brilliant flanking manoeuvre, and crossed the Po at Piacenza, nearly cutting the Austrian line of retreat. In 1573 English shipwrights introduced designs, first demonstrated in Dreadnought, that allowed the ships to sail faster and manoeuvre better and permitted heavier guns. Gangs of men tried desperately to manoeuvre the engines right up to the river to fill their reservoirs, and several of the engines toppled into the Thames. Or did he pull rank, believing the manoeuvre was unnecessary? Essentially the EAC is seeking to manoeuvre the government into wording the legislation in such a way that will definitively rule out denationalising the power utility. It is this manoeuvre that prevents Lacanian linguistics from being a simple logocentrism since what is referred to as the 'concept' would easily become another signifier. Rommel believed that when the main thrust came, he could manoeuvre his troops faster than the Allies to concentrate his defences at the battle's centre of gravity. Either the French would be annihilated or the manoeuvre from the north would create conditions for victory in the centre or in Lorraine on the common border. Examples from Classical Literature In the then excited state of the public mind on the Croat question, the manoeuvre was adroitly conceived. The people will read of my manoeuvre with the bulletin of victory before them. For this manoeuvre he might have been severely punished, had we chosen to interfere. I think that is a manoeuvre which he is the very man to execute successfully. Each week there was something to look forward to, something to plan for and manoeuvre. Of course, on his escape, he had to abandon the troops employed in this manoeuvre. It was bringing to perfection its last great tactical manoeuvre, the massed raid followed by the hunger-strike in prison. This manoeuvre, executed, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith, to soothe men, demands nerve. She encounters a white fox who you can control to help her manoeuvre around tricky terrain. Thanks to a skilful manoeuvre achieved by Joe, the anchor was disengaged, and Joe reascended to the car by means of the ladder. The cutter imitated this manoeuvre, and the boat of the wreck went last. Do as you pleased, she always made more leeway than anything else, and turning round and round was the manoeuvre she was best at. I have seen the Nautilus manoeuvre before the Abraham Lincoln, and I have my own ideas as to its speed. The Longbourn party were the last of all the company to depart, and, by a manoeuvre of Mrs. You hold the bit too tight and so make his mouth hard, so that you will not be able to make him manoeuvre quickly. The object of this manoeuvre was that the threefold assault should be delivered simultaneously. Do they not manoeuvre like soldiers who have seen stricken fields? And we land-lubbers were not the only ones he tricked by his manoeuvre. The word manoeuvre is sometimes printed with an oe ligature. Wolf Larsen repeated his manoeuvre, holding off and then rounding up to windward and drifting down upon it. Show More Sentences The Channel Fleet will manoeuvre off Sheerness, waiting for it. Besides, in his present position, the manoeuvre had become a very perilous one, for the Victoria threatened to break away before he should be able to get into the car again. Frank Doyle, a spokesman for Sports Interaction, suspects a hedge, a classic betting manoeuvre where bettors split their stake money to back two contenders. Despite the fact that by his manoeuvre the Arangi had been hove to, he knew that windage and sea-driftage would quickly send her away from the swimming puppy. I tendered my resignation, for when you have gained your epaulets on the battle-field, you do not know how to manoeuvre on the slippery grounds of the salons. The once-mighty Reds pulled off the week's craftiest manoeuvre by ensuring qualification for the more exciting UEFA Cup with a subtle piece of subterfuge in Switzerland. Light steering and a tight turning circle means the Modus is easy to manoeuvre in town and it offers a compliant ride, but body roll is a feature on twisty roads. The ugliest things were being said of Beaufort's dastardly manoeuvre, and his failure promised to be one of the most discreditable in the history of Wall Street. Lieutenant Paul Hanks, who was based at RAF Valley, is suing the Ministry of Defence for a neck injury he alleges was suffered during the sudden high-gravity manoeuvre. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of manoeuvre? Words that rhyme with manoeuvre What is the past tense of manoeuvre? What is the plural of manoeuvre? What is the adjective for manoeuvre? What is the noun for manoeuvre? Translations for manoeuvre Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words manoeuvrable manoeuvrability manoeuvering manoeuver mano-a-mano mano a mano manoeuvred manoeuvres manoeuvring man-of-war manoir manometer 9-letter Words Starting With m ma man mano manoe manoeu manoeuv manoeuvr