Sentence examples for managing to extract a from inspiring English sources

Daniel Antoine, who is responsible for the museum's human remains collection, said embalmers had "great skill and knowledge of human anatomy", managing to extract a brain through a hole no bigger than 2cm by 2cm.

As a consolation, she'd managed to extract a used dog bootie from Mitch, who had climbed into fifth place.

In wet hair and a bathrobe, she had managed to extract a hug from an impassive room service waitress bearing breakfast.

Last year, Detroit managed to extract a promise of $25 billion in subsidized loans from Congress in exchange for a new target of 35 m.p.g. by 2020.

Though Mr. Updike manages to extract a fair amount of suspense from Ahmad's story, he does so with the heavy reliance on unbelievable coincidence.

In fact there's something truly devoted about the way that Dawkinsites manage to extract a stimulating hobby from the thought of other people's belief.

Sometimes I got dust; other times, with some careful prying, I managed to extract a nice little slab of fully intact cement.

Anderson managed to extract a definition from the Home Office: "Weblogs are a record of the interaction that a user of the internet has with other computers connected to the internet".

As for Mr. Andrews, some Democrats say that even if he had managed to extract a promise of support from Mr. Corzine, it may make little difference in the end.

The military tribunals (which started with Mr. Bush's kangaroo courts and now involve a system that is somewhat more refined but still flawed) have managed to extract a few minor plea deals.

Colombia's Federation of Coffee Producers has managed to extract a brand premium for its product through clever marketing, and has successfully diversified into retailing with its international chain of Juan Váldez coffee shops.