Sentence examples for had squeaked through from inspiring English sources

The government's counter-terrorism bill, which sought to raise the limit to 42 days, had squeaked through the House of Commons in June.

The legislation had squeaked through the Republican-controlled House in December, and the trend in the Democratic-controlled Senate, which was not in the mood to do the president any favors, did not bode well.

If the fight over 16-C had gone the other way, Reagan might have squeaked through — and history would have been a lot different.

England's impoverished universities are grateful that at least the principle of higher and variable tuition fees has squeaked through the first big parliamentary vote on the government's higher education bill.

Although everyone knows how the story ends, White builds considerable narrative tension, beginning the book with Kennedy requesting a glass of milk before he heads to bed on election night, uncertain whether he has squeaked through over Richard Nixon.

It is surprisingly readable for such a dry schema (I liked the image of Adam Smith putting bread and butter in his teapot), though some infelicities of phrasing have squeaked through (the word "though" never sounds well immediately after "however").

Having squeaked through via the play-offs (paying the price for falling out of the top nine in Europe by next summer), expectations will not be high for Gareth Southgate's team.

And through the end of last week, CNN had squeaked ahead of Fox News for Monday through Sunday prime-time numbers in the month of July — in that age group only, though.

Many outsiders thought the Federation Council would veto at least some of the tax changes to protect their own sources of revenue, especially because some of the more contentious provisions had barely squeaked through the lower house earlier.

It also has to squeak through trademark law, and to avoid an undesirable meaning in a foreign language (like GM's Nova, whose name meant "No go" in Spanish).

How the hell had these Wide Loads squeaked through flight attendant training?" It is hard not to find this neurotic monologue funny.