Sentence examples for but this managed from inspiring English sources

Superman is such an iconic character and I can't imagine anything being added to his origin that would make it resonate better with wider audiences, but this managed to take me a little bit by surprise.

But has this managed to increase income for governments?

You'd not expect it, but this manages to be a woman's as well as a man's play.

It's not easy to generate sympathy, or even interest, for a young, white, privileged, male slacker in this day and age, but this manages it – and more.

You'd think it'd be impossible to cram all the punk stereotypes into one image but this manages it.

Seth and his high-school pal Evan are definitive nerd material but, despite this, manage to triumphantly put the moves on their hot-chick classmates.

– but this one managed to sustain, just.

Car ads are rarely good, but this one managed to be worse than the Nissan absent-father weepie or the BMW spot in which Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric talk about twerking.

Roma had lost five of their last six games away to Genoa, but this time managed to beat Gian Piero Gasperini's team and close to within a point of the Bianconeri at the top of the table.

The face is designed to protect the eyeball but this dude managed to punch at a particular angle.

But this is managed competition whose outcome is shaped by developmental processes that enhance overall plant fitness.' (Sadras and Denison 2009).