Example Sentences

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Sure, it wasn’t perfect: Stafford went 20 for 26, and one of his incompletions could have been a touchdown pass to Robert Woods if he had finessed it a bit more.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2021

The loyal lieutenant who had almost never diverged from the president, who had finessed every other possible fracture, finally came to a decision point he could not avoid.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2021

Yet another deadline has been entangled in the dispute, this one affecting seniors, but the administration announced it had finessed a way around it.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2011

Clearly she had finessed, then, in the instant she had been sure of the game, she had met and accepted defeat with a smile.

From The Rim of the Desert by Anderson, Ada Woodruff