Sentence examples for a few managed from inspiring English sources

A few managed, fleetingly, to forget.

A few managed to flee to the United States.

A few managed to convince themselves that they had pierced the barrier into the American mainstream.

Some gained much more, about four pounds a year, while a few managed to stay the same or even lose weight.

A few managed to thrive in New York City, one alongside a Bronx creek and another in a marshy patch near Wall Street.

Still clad in their desert khakis, a few appeared happy, a few managed stage smiles, but most couldn't muster even that.

A few manage to stick out.

A few manage to meld the two.

A few manage to flee over the border into China.

A few manage to slim down to almost bacterial dimensions by pinching off unnecessary hanks of their cytoplasm.

Most of these books aren't great literature either: the great majority are sentimental and predictable, and a few manage to be as pedantic, self-important and annoying as, one ventures, their authors must be in person.