1 Then somehow she would maneuver to get a few minutes alone with him, away from the crowd.
2 You could promise, with your eyes, any number of exciting things that would make a man maneuver to get you alone.
3 Edna admired the skill of his maneuver, and avoided any occasion to balk his intentions.
4 The charge, in that rude species of warfare, consisted merely in pushing from cover to cover, nigher to the enemy; and in this maneuver he was instantly and successfully obeyed.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 32 5 So it is impossible to understand by what reasoning the historians reach the conclusion that this maneuver was a profound one.
6 Kutuzov's merit lay, not in any strategic maneuver of genius, as it is called, but in the fact that he alone understood the significance of what had happened.
7 This longing to distinguish themselves, to maneuver, to overthrow, and to cut off showed itself particularly whenever the Russians stumbled on the French army.
8 This maneuver she repeated several times, to the great amusement of a black-eyed young gentleman lounging in the window of a building opposite.
9 He then returned to the captain, said a few words to him, and as if from that moment the vessel was under his command, he ordered a maneuver which the crew executed immediately.
10 Having maneuvered them away from the boring subject of war, she went back with interest to their immediate situation.
11 When Uncle Peter finally maneuvered the carriage out of the mudholes and onto Peachtree Street, she felt the first surge of interest she had known in months.
12 All that afternoon, she maneuvered to be alone with Ashley, even for a few minutes, but Melanie was beside him constantly, and India and Honey, their pale lashless eyes glowing, followed him about the house.
13 It was after she had maneuvered the Lady Harpists into the fold that Mrs. Merriwether said to Mrs. Meade and Mrs. Whiting that they must have Melanie at the head of the Circle.
14 Herself a consummate coquette, she could not have maneuvered better on meeting a man she wished to attract.
15 D'Artagnan, who had unceasingly maneuvered to gain this point, was not at more than three paces from it.