Sentence examples for has managed to play from inspiring English sources

Four years ago these groups seemed invincible, but Mr. Putin has managed to play them against each other.

Its government has managed to play a role as a back channel and a coalition-builder in lots of different negotiating and political settings.

There is one date for friendly matches, Feb. 6, though the United States has managed to play games in December and January employing mostly players from Major League Soccer and those on winter break from leagues like Norway and Sweden.

In an era riddled with injuries and characterized by depth, Ferreira, a lean and freckled South African with a lantern jaw, has managed to play in every major event since the 1991 Australian Open.

But you may be surprised to learn that, despite this decade's worth of empirically proven mediocrity, Marsh has managed to play 61 international matches for Australia, including seven Test matches, over the past five years.

Mr Cheney has managed to play influential roles in Washington for a quarter of a century most recently as defence secretary for Mr Bush's father and before that as number two in the Republican Party's hierarchy in the House without making too many enemies in his own party (both wings of which applauded this week's choice) or even among Democrats.

"We've managed to play big games very well, and we need to," Manager Joe Torre said.

When asked in a pre-series news conference Friday how his club had managed to play league-best defense while shifting less than anyone else, Cubs Manager Joe Maddon pushed back.

Until now the monarchy had managed to play on the opposition's instinctive loyalty.

I've managed to play at a very high level, and let me repeat myself: the ranking is what it is.

If they had managed to play in the lucky six-diamond contract, they would have been 2nd in the United States and 8th in the world.