How to Use wrangle in a Sentence

wrangle

1 of 2 verb

• They were wrangling over money.
• He made a living wrangling horses.
• This time, there was some horse wrangling.
  — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
• This is no time to stall, distort or wrangle.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 May 2026
• But there was plenty of wrangling ahead.
  — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2026
• Then, from there, a big question is how cheaters can be wrangled.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
• Then there’s the push and pull of wrangling with City Hall.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 27 May 2026
• Just drop the box next to your bed, cut it open, and wrangle the mattress into place.
  — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 19 Jan. 2023
• Rob Rausch Rob Rausch knows how to wrangle a snake.
  — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
• Brenner was key to wrangle most of the characters back for the film.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 3 June 2026
• But she's always managed to wrangle him.
  — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
• Wow Brow Gel will wrangle your brows into place and hold them there.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2022
• There’s more than one group trying to wrangle the children of Hawkins.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
• So, Nitzany wrangled and grabbed the python while onlookers stood back and watched.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
• However, our job is not to wrangle a spreadsheet.
  — Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
• It’s definitely wrangled with and worked out — not worked out!
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 15 Nov. 2025
• Blazek allegedly retrieved it for her but lost her grip, and had to wrangle it a second time.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2023
• Officials then wrangle the animal and tie its jaws shut with cloth and ropes.
  — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
• No reasonable person wrangles them in one bite.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
• The wage hike was just one more rapidly increasing cost for franchisees to wrangle.
  — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 22 Nov. 2025
• The glossy brioche bun is big enough to wrangle the contents without overwhelming them.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 24 May 2022
• Ahead, discover genius ways to wrangle your pots and pans neatly, once and for all.
  — Alex Ronan, Architectural Digest, 1 Jan. 2026
• Kate had mastered the art of Louis wrangling while looking regal.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
• Watch this dog sitter faceplant while trying to wrangle some adorable puppies.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 7 Oct. 2022
• Kayce’s days are spent wrangling horses, and his evenings being haunted by nightmares of tragedies past.
  — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
• The design features a durable bungee leash that’s strong enough to wrangle dogs larger than 30 pounds.
  — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 18 July 2022
• One 14-year-old girl, already a mother of twins, talked to me while trying to wrangle her two boys.
  — Phoebe Gates, Vogue, 1 July 2022
• Again, wrangling people and convincing them to join the show was one of the hardest parts of the first season.
  — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025
• Together, the three of them tried to wrangle The Dude down the sidewalk.
  — Autumn Barnes, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
• House Republicans are still wrangling over who will be the next speaker.
  — WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023

wrangle

2 of 2 noun

• They had a bitter wrangle over custody of their children.
• Behind the scenes, the wrangles with City Hall have been less joyous.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
• One major wrangle is likely to be over how much Britain will have to pay the EU to leave.
  — Jill Lawless, Orange County Register, 1 Feb. 2017
• But Suez has been opposed from the beginning and a legal wrangle has ensued.
  — Joshua Kirby, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2020
• The two reported their family wrangles at our stations a number of times.
  — Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2020
• Sidestep a financial wrangle if someone is melting down.
  — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
• That's unlike the present because the current wrangle isn't really about a policy issue at all.
  — Conor Murray, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
• This is the latest wrangle between Worrell and the heads of local law enforcement agencies.
  — Christopher Cann, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2023
• The wrangle with the regulator is the latest twist in the battle for control of the Dutch paint and coatings maker.
  — Ellen Proper, Bloomberg.com, 23 May 2017
• The club's ownership wrangle continues to be a point of contention, with funding for a potential summer spending spree still very much up in the air.
  — SI.com, 15 May 2018
• Although an ugly personal wrangle forms the bathetic close of their joint story, Conan Doyle’s integrity shines through.
  — Alexandra Mullen, WSJ, 26 July 2018
• The yearlong wrangle prompted multiple lawsuits as well as charges of heavy handed tactics by the port, including the canceling of the city’s long-term lease for its marina property.
  — John MacCormack, ExpressNews.com, 1 Sep. 2020
• The decision was the latest skirmish in a years-long political and legal wrangle over voting requirements for local tax increase proposals.
  — Dan Walters, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
• The contents of that call were probably part of the whistleblower’s complaint, which itself is now at the centre of a wrangle between the White House and Congress.
  — The Economist, 23 Sep. 2019
• Well, there are actually three insurance companies involved, and maybe a fourth yet to be drawn into what has become, for Enriquez, a disheartening wrangle.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2021
• Safdie wrangles a massive ensemble cast that mixes seasoned actors with nonpros to seamless effect, including real-world ping pong champions like Kawaguchi.
  — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 1 Dec. 2025
• So, every potential Stanton deal will be a wrangle, balancing the value of the prospects offered versus how much of the $295-million the Marlins will eat.
  — Thomas Boswell, chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2017
• To some, the wrangle is emblematic of a larger rivalry between Italy’s regions, with the south, which includes Naples, complaining that again it is being eclipsed by the powerful north.
  — Cecilia Butini, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2021
• However, Uber has already gone through numerous legal wrangles with TfL and—unlike Taxify—remains up and running.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2017
• But Tuchel has been told that Rabiot — who is in a disagreement with sporting director Antero Henrique — is not to be selected because of a contract wrangle that has dragged on .
  — Jerome Pugmire, The Seattle Times, 10 Feb. 2019
• The wrangle escalated as Big City Coffee shut down the campus branch, and other student government leaders impeached Cantu.
  — Daniel Golden, ProPublica, 4 July 2022
• There are numerous other legal fronts in the messy wrangle over The Deb, including unresolved arguments between Wilson and the producers.
  — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 21 July 2026
• There will be more Wagner, and there will be an extended wrangle on the Covenant, which, in its isolated action, is the movie’s one lively scene (despite also being flecked with overtly portentous touches).
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 24 May 2017
• The legal wrangle revolved around a 1988 contract signed by Lydon, Jones and Cook that said licenses for the music could be granted by agreement from the majority of the band.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 23 Aug. 2021
• Following demonstrations and lengthy legal wrangles, the statue is one of four monuments relating to the Confederacy that's in the process of being removed by the Louisiana city.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 11 May 2017
• Mr St Pier believes that Parliament would have to pass primary legislation to avoid a constitutional wrangle, since Guernsey has the right to govern its domestic affairs.
  — The Economist, 10 Apr. 2018
• In the photoshoot, Kelce presents a stereotypical (and exaggerated) embodiment of masculinity — he is dressed in full fur, construction vests and wrangles alligators.
  — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
• The series also touches on true-life and hugely conflictive cases of the dispossession of Arab families of their homes and may be inspired by the legal wrangle over the Petra and Imperial Hotels….
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 15 Oct. 2022
• Wilson’s first feature, The Deb, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, but remains unreleased amid a messy legal wrangle between the Australian star and the film’s British producers.
  — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
• Perhaps a tougher challenge will be persuading skeptical US politicians of the benefits of Chinese investments; Ford’s multi-year deal with Chinese battery giant CATL to license its technology created a political storm, resulting in wrangles over tax credits and other government incentives.
  — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 24 Feb. 2026