How to Use finagle in a Sentence

finagle

verb
Definition of finaglenext
Synonyms for finaglenext
  • A con man finagled my neighbor out of four hundred dollars.
  • He's forced to mix and match a crew of relievers to finagle his way through nine innings.
    — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2021
  • And how to finagle the maximum use of storage and hanging space in the small bathroom.
    — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2018
  • As for the settings on your camera, there are a number of things to finagle for Milky Way photos.
    — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Dec. 2019
  • The Bulls managed to finagle a first-round pick for Mirotic anyway.
    — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Is Mara trying to finagle her own after-hours one-on-one date?
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2022
  • The Browns, meanwhile, have won two games in a row and are trying to finagle their way back into the playoff picture.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2019
  • That way, the league could finagle the schedule for each team to get its natural bye, and the Sundays off going into and out of TNF.
    — Albert Breer, SI.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The brothers were left all the money when their father died, leaving Regina to finagle her own way to wealth.
    — Toby Zinman, Philly.com, 17 May 2017
  • Ramona shows Destiny how to finagle her way around the Wall Street clientele who frequent their strip club.
    — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The buttons also tend to be larger and easier to finagle with gloves on.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 6 May 2022
  • The killer snake finagled its way into a chicken coop in Kerala, India, killed a chicken and then tried to eat eight of the eggs laying around the henhouse.
    — Fox News, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The attachments took a little finagling to secure, and the mixer does not feature a button to release them.
    — Michelle Rostamian, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2023
  • At 16, Schneider was an aspiring actor and decided to skip school to try to finagle his way onto the set of the hit movie.
    — Sasha Savitsky, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2018
  • Amid the drama, though, Colton finagles Becca into giving him the rose.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 3 July 2018
  • There are ways to finagle eggs at dinner if lunch isn’t possible.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Darla tries to finagle a set up for Senna with lawyer Adam (Tony Goldwyn), but the two polar opposites get off on the wrong foot.
    — Katie Walsh, latimes.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Before long, the siblings finagle their father a job as the Parks' chauffeur, and their mom manages to get hired as housekeeper.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Nov. 2019
  • The president of the United States couldn’t even finagle an invite to the coveted fashion event.
    — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 25 Apr. 2020
  • In theory, however, there’s more to lose on this earthly plane, provided the show can find a way to finagle it.
    — Karen Han, Vox, 19 Oct. 2018
  • How many free things has Bahaa finagled because of his resemblance to Salah?
    — Khadrice Rollins, SI.com, 3 May 2018
  • But parents who use apps to excessively finagle their face, hips or waist send the wrong message to children.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Wolff clearly seduced, weaseled, confused and finagled his sources to get them yapping.
    — Michael Miner, Chicago Reader, 11 Jan. 2018
  • That’s a terribly inconvenient place for an outlet, leaving you with an eternity of scooching one end of the couch away from the wall to finagle a plug.
    — Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Receiver Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi, who had to finagle his way into a look from the Browns?
    — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com, 8 July 2019
  • Darla tries to finagle a set-up with lawyer Adam (Tony Goldwyn) at one of Senna’s birthday parties, but the two polar opposites get off on the wrong foot.
    — Katie Walsh, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Now the Patriots can finagle their way into the playoffs in the finale of their regular season.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Maybe the Cardinals can finagle a way to replace Peters’ production after the ball is snapped.
    — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Darla tries to finagle a set up with lawyer Adam (Tony Goldwyn) at Senna's birthday party, but the two polar opposites get off on the wrong foot.
    — Katie Walsh, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Reservations aren’t offered, but spots at the bar are plentiful, and the summer outdoor area makes tables easy to finagle.
    — Alexandra Hall, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2019

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