And after some skilled manoeuvering to secure the son's collaboration, the promised picture was secured.
He eyed the letter curiously, manoeuvering as if by accident to hold it up against the light.
We were completely bewildered as to our course, and no one seemed to know what all this manoeuveringwould lead to.
There was one more device on board the Flying Fish which should be described in order that her wonderful manoeuvering under water may be understood.
These were all heavily armed and armoured vessels, all of them capable of manoeuvering at a speed of over twenty knots.
But gradually, the army that had been manoeuvering about the Rappahannock began to arrive; and day and night the endless stream of muddy men poured down Main street, in steady tramp for the Peninsula.
Once more they lifted their burden and with infinite difficulty and much painful manoeuvering they got the injured man through the doors and upon the spare room bed.
While manoeuvering for an attack, one of his divisions sustained a severe repulse at Beneventum (275), whereupon he abandoned the offensive and retired to Tarentum.
In its place appeared the legionary formation, in which the largest unit was the legion of about four thousand infantry, divided into maniples of one hundred and twenty (or sixty) men, each capable of manoeuvering independently.
He loved the excitement, the trickery, the manoeuvering of a desperate defence.
The wind was light and the sea smooth, so that full scope was given for manoeuvering and accurate aim.
After the United States delivered her second broadside, she ceased manoeuvering and took the same tack with her enemy, both steering free.
There was no manoeuvering attempted in this tumultuous sea, and the Wasp surged on in dead silence, the only sound heard on her decks being the roar of the waves as they burst along her sides.
This would have been of minor consequence in a steady yard to yard-arm fight, but in the constant manoeuvering of the two vessels, either to get or prevent a raking fire, it was a serious inconvenience.
It was thought by careful manoeuvering I might be able to trade it to the guard for some crackers, which I noticed he carried in his haversack.
These forces I was obliged to pass, and it took fine figuring and careful manoeuvering indeed.
Traveling around through the brush and across fields we ran against a cabin and after considerable manoeuvering found the occupants were the right color.
My visit to General Patterson occurred about the time that General Joe Johnston was manoeuvering in his front, with the object of getting away from him to reinforce Beauregard at Manassas, in anticipation of the impending battle there.
It was Buford, of my brigade, who should have the credit of manoeuvering the cavalry there.
I have been accused of manoeuvering to have my own horse beaten.
He was manoeuvering cleverly in the hope of ascertaining this point, when a carriage was heard driving into the courtyard below.
Both commanders exhibited great skill in manoeuvering their ships; one to board, the other to foil the attempt.
Scott who had been manoeuvering to get the two battalions of Leavenworth and M'Neil in an oblique position to the British line, at length succeeded, the two farther extremities being nearest the enemy.
He turned sadly away, mumbling something about what he thought of a Life that kept a fellow always manoeuvering for position.
Morgan gave his personal attention to the manoeuvering of the ship, and the other officers stationed themselves where they could best promote and direct the efforts of the seamen.
Again Morgan put Hornigold in charge of the manoeuvering of the ship, and again that old worthy chose to handle the spokes himself.
First she headed to port and then to starboard, manoeuvering rapidly that the German airmen might not be able to reach her with a bomb.
They were too busy attending to their guns and manoeuvering their vessels.
On October first it was learned that Schwarzenberg was manoeuvering on the left to surround the invaders if possible by the south, and that Bluecher, with like aim, was moving to the north.
The tendency of shipbuilders during the later Greek period was to build large, unwieldy boats, which used sails under favorable circumstances, but depended entirely upon oars for manoeuvering in battle.
She knew what she would find herself being forced to submit to if the intruder were not disposed of at the outset, and if the manoeuvering began which would bring him to London.
It was not without considerable manoeuvering and talk, during which all the skill and Indian experience possessed by Kit Carson were brought into active requisition, that the savages were prevailed upon to trade with the trappers.
Fate, accident, or possibly her own clever manoeuvering put the game into her hands.
With the entrance of Riatt and Ussher they went in to lunch, and there manoeuvering for places for the afternoon immediately began.
But it was no sooner accomplished than he again showed a perfect mastery of his art by so manoeuvering as to avoid an engagement while the great river was still immediately in his rear.
It is also polite of the hostess to ask a distinguished guest to sit on the sofa when calling, and the manoeuvering for the proper seat is sometimes as complicated as the Japanese tea ceremony.
When they came out of church they noticed above them, floating in the sky, a great dirigible balloon, manoeuvering majestically over the city, silent and impressive.
Barclay was charged by the old Russians with being too German in feeling, with manoeuvering timidly when he ought to fight, and--sacrilege of sacrileges!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "manoeuvering" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
