Sentence examples for managed to sway from inspiring English sources

Despite these efforts, the 928 became increasingly expensive to produce and never managed to sway the 911 crowd.

It was not just the reality of pressure but the presence of a formidable internal faction that managed to sway Khomeini.

But the United States attorney's office in Philadelphia asked for a rehearing and, in three days of testimony, managed to sway the judge.

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The two companies had retained more than a half-dozen law firms, lobbying concerns and public relations companies to make their case and managed to sway several top lawmakers who had initially signed on to the Hollings measure, including Senator Trent Lott, the majority leader.

In 2005, Mr. Bloomberg managed to sway many Democrats who were impressed by his post-9/11 leadership in rebuilding New York, his against-the-grain push to ban smoking from restaurants and his insistence on raising property taxes and even income taxes on the wealthy.

Even if SunTrust did manage to sway shareholders, some analysts worried that it would then take several months to complete a takeover.

If Mr. Romney's likability manages to sway voters as the election nears, we can only hope and pray that his calculated rhetoric of liking things will not lure Mr. Obama into an escalating charms race.

But that didn't manage to sway voters.

Will the large Serbian population in Australia manage to sway the vote and push this outsider into the final from the Tuesday heat; and if so, at the expense of whom?

Fiona's on her A-game now (must've been all those pills), and she manages to sway the Council against Myrtle, who she accuses of murdering Madison and blinding Cordelia.