How do you use Finagle in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like wangle or manage, plus the exact meaning.
Finagle in a sentence
Finagle meaning
- To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
- To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
- To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
Finagle vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Finagle
- The main meaning on this page is: To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts. | To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery. | To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
- Useful related words include: wangle, manage, achieve, accomplish.
- Possible Dutch translations are: ontfutselen, ritselen.
- In the example corpus, finagle often appears in combinations such as: to finagle.
Context around Finagle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Finagle
- In this selection, "finagle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, zoning and factor stand out and add context to how "finagle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a zoning finagle when brightwater and able to finagle a trade. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "finagle" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with finagle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This will be a high-density residential development allowed by a zoning finagle when Brightwater was developed years ago. (19 words)
Also known as Finagle's variable constant, it is sometimes defined as the right answer divided by your answer. (19 words)
Fontana that while he loved being Greg, he accepted commitments during the second season of the show’s filming time, that he couldn’t finagle out of. (27 words)
Variants One variant (known as O'Toole's Corollary of Finagle's Law) favored among hackers is a takeoff on the second law of thermodynamics (related to the augmentation of entropy ): The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum. (40 words)
But bringing in a star like Leonard could be the injection they need to finagle their way back into the Eastern Conference conversation, which is now dominated by the Celtics and 76ers. (32 words)
A related concept, the "Finagle factor", is an ad hoc multiplicative or additive term in an equation which can only be justified by the fact that it gives more correct results. (31 words)
Example sentences (8)
This will be a high-density residential development allowed by a zoning finagle when Brightwater was developed years ago.
But bringing in a star like Leonard could be the injection they need to finagle their way back into the Eastern Conference conversation, which is now dominated by the Celtics and 76ers.
Fontana that while he loved being Greg, he accepted commitments during the second season of the show’s filming time, that he couldn’t finagle out of.
To the frustration of some other AL contenders, the Indians were able to finagle a trade for star third baseman Josh Donaldson just before the August waiver period expired.
Also known as Finagle's variable constant, it is sometimes defined as the right answer divided by your answer.
A related concept, the "Finagle factor", is an ad hoc multiplicative or additive term in an equation which can only be justified by the fact that it gives more correct results.
By chance, he runs into an apologetic Sam. With Max's money, Sam is able to finagle them a one way job/trip aboard a starship using forged papers.
Variants One variant (known as O'Toole's Corollary of Finagle's Law) favored among hackers is a takeoff on the second law of thermodynamics (related to the augmentation of entropy ): The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum.
Common combinations with finagle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to finagle 4×