Sentence examples for could not maneuver from inspiring English sources

Aircraft could not maneuver, even to vacate a gate to unload another plane.

Two years ago, Ms. Coley moved to a living complex for the elderly because she could not maneuver the stairs in her family home.

Three times in the previous six years, Tony La Russa directed the St . Louis Cardinalsto the playoffs but could not maneuver them into the World Series.

He also chose not to make it harder to buy stock on credit by raising margin requirements, calling this weapon a blunt instrument that would affect only small investors who could not maneuver around it, but nevertheless something that would "guarantee" elimination of the market bubble.

Spitfire tried to evade, but could not maneuver away fast enough, and the two ships collided.

The German ships were at a severe disadvantage as they were sailing in a narrow swept channel and could not maneuver, so they reversed course to get out of range.

He couldn't maneuver the river.

"I couldn't maneuver him the way I wanted to.

In midtown, on the way to the zoo, he had squeezed half his body into the front seat of a Lincoln Navigator, but couldn't maneuver his head past a handlebar on the doorframe.

At one point, to keep her confined, a heavy chair was put in front of her so she couldn't maneuver her wheelchair.

When dummy's jack won, Minzner, South, could not conveniently maneuver a spade finesse.