Example Sentences

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A comeback means nothing without the proper follow-through; it only officially reaches completion when the party in question cements their newfound legitimacy by parleying it into a more protracted stretch of success.

From The Guardian • May 24, 2017

And, not that I’m complaining, the PS4 and Xbox One are basically cheap midrange PCs, parleying the lingua franca of a decades-old gaming paradigm interface-wise.

From Time • Nov. 26, 2014

France and Germany had done most of the parleying.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lange's persistent refusal, after months of parleying, had won the admiration of his fellow Scandinavians.

From Time Magazine Archive

Together they spent a good hour brushing and twisting and parleying as if I weren’t even in the room.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly