Sentence examples for managing to be from inspiring English sources

They are an odd pop group, somehow managing to be nice, polymathy and popular.

Managing to be both alarmist and defeatist, the phrase does no one any favours.

I sat and fidgeted and daydreamed, never managing to be either entirely comfortable or uncomfortable.

Unfortunately, Chablis sometimes strikes a different balance, managing to be both indistinctly boring and shrilly acidic at the same time.

But the song was a success in managing to be both interestingly unusual and blessed with a catchy chorus.

In a way, President Bush, by managing to be both genial and single-minded, is the first "Survivor" president.

It ruthlessly mocks the reality format while still managing to be one of the most sensitive shows on TV.

Landy writes delightfully crisp, accurate prose, managing to be witty without any sense of dumbing down the language or pandering to teen-speak.

SUPERNATURAL (CW) This one-time "X-Files" rip-off has grown up, managing to be cheerfully self-mocking and interestingly apocalyptic at the same time.

In that respect, it is very much like "The Artist," which was an enjoyable and admirable entertainment without quite managing to be a great movie.

This is always said with an air of great wisdom; in fact, it's remarkably foolish, managing to be wrong in three distinct ways.