Sentence examples for managed to con from inspiring English sources

The book contained a lot of detailed information about how employees managed to con their employers out of money.

This time he managed to con various celebrities into pronouncing wonderfully absurd "facts" about paedophiles, such as the idea that they are genetically nearer to crabs than to other humans.

I have only heard one negative story on this trip, which concerned a European member of Hospitality Club, who managed to con his Venezuelan hosts into lending him money he never returned.

Very sad! 25) Steve Carell reprised the role of "Gru" in Despicable Me 2. 26) Allan Debenham managed to con his way into a two night stay in a Somerset pub under the pretense of being BBC documentarian Louis Theroux.

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A few managed to cut the line at the last second but the con staff were pretty vigilant.

Tell me how those seven fielders all managed to let the con artists and the scamsters ball drop in among them.

She's gone without pants, worn nip-slip-threatening necklines and has managed to make body con dresses her wardrobe staple -- all on national television.

Even without most of its cast in attendance, "The Big Bang Theory" managed to pack Comic-Con's second largest room with a panel featuring the writers and executive producers, and showrunner Steve Molaro admitted that while there's no set formula for the series' runaway success, he believes it's a combination of cast, writing and syndication that has seen "Big Bang" get even bigger.

Phoenix con man Charles H. Keating Jr. managed to take scores of retirees for their life's savings when his American Continental Corp. collapsed in 1989 and rendered its uninsured bonds worthless.

Meanwhile, Wired magazine's Comic Con correspondent also managed to sneak in an interview with former Guns 'n' Roses guitarist, Slash, who was there to promote the horror film he's producing, Nothing Left to Fear.