wangling
IPA: wˈæŋgʌɫɪŋ
noun
- The act of one who wangles.
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Examples of "wangling" in Sentences
- With Mr. Dominy's wangling, the proposed high-rise was authorized as a dam.
- Check out "How To Renegotiate Your Lease" for more on wangling a better rate on your office lease.
- As we had, by the process known in the army as "wangling," acquired sufficient tents and marquees for
- Counsel Alberto Gonzalez from wangling a signature from the heavily-sedated patient to re-authorize domestic eavesdropping.
- After the issue we were split up into four lots for the four companies of the battalion, and after some "wangling" I got into
- So, one beautiful September morning I left Srinagar, the capital of J&K, wangling a ride with an Army Signals major in his jeep proceeding to Leh as a part of an Army convoy, the then district headquarters of Ladakh.
- Translated into prosaic English by the CHIEF SECRETARY it resolved itself into the case of a farmer who had deliberately divested himself of his property in the hope of "wangling" five shillings a week out of the Treasury.
- Writing to Air Marshal Richard Peck, the assistant chief of the Air Staff in London, he chummily dramatized his time in Hollywood, taking personal credit for “wangling the script” into the Disney Studios and boasting about the imminent book release, which he claimed was likely to sell half a million copies and thereby greatly benefit the RAF Benevolent Fund.
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