How to Use wrangle in a Sentence

wrangle

1 of 2 verb

• They were wrangling over money.
• He made a living wrangling horses.
• The city was on fire, emotions ran hot, and [star] Tupac [Shakur] was hard to wrangle!
  — Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2022
• 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
• Wow Brow Gel will wrangle your brows into place and hold them there.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2022
• The city has wrangled over prevailing wage rules for months.
  — The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
• After chasing the caiman through the brush, Mr. Metzger was able to wrangle a snare around its snout.
  — Freda Kreier, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• Finally, a way to wrangle all of his chargers and cords.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 26 Sep. 2022
• 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
• For years, China and the U.S. have wrangled over many of the same questions at hand this week with a series of breakthroughs and setbacks.
  — Justin Worland, Time, 20 July 2023
• Parton was able to wrangle quite a few other A-list guests on her massive, 30-track project.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
• Lartigue then managed to wrangle the fish onto the bank.
  — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2024
• While the parents tried to wrangle their little ones for a sweet pic, Miles looked away from the camera while baby Wren let out a wail.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023
• The idea was to wrangle Trump supporters to gather in key swing states to cast ballots for him instead.
  — Rosalind S. Helderman, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2022
• While one parent wrangles the kid outside, the other can wrap uneaten food and take care of the bill.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
• This isn't the first time New Jersey residents had to wrangle a bull into place.
  — Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
• 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
• The glossy brioche bun is big enough to wrangle the contents without overwhelming them.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 24 May 2022
• The Associated Press Today is the day to wrangle these fires.
  — NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
• The United States and China are not alone in trying to wrangle this large and important group of countries.
  — Leslie Vinjamuri, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2023
• For months, the two sides have wrangled over whether the Jane Doe accuser could proceed anonymously.
  — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 29 Feb. 2024
• Officials were able to wrangle the canine, per the outlet.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
• They're lined with microfleece to provide warmth and comfort, and the side zipper allows for easy on and off instead of wrangling the laces with each wear.
  — Annie O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 31 July 2023
• House Republicans are still wrangling over who will be the next speaker.
  — WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
• It's taken him, Gendrich and a neighbor to wrangle it, and even then somebody or some wall still gets scratched or poked by one of its sizable thorns.
  — Kendra Meinert, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2023
• As Bethlehem Haile tries to wrangle a group of 30 girls into a practice room, her voice is nearly drowned out by the sound of chatter.
  — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
• There are too many other tasks that take up her time: working on the book, promoting the record, wrangling her band together to plays shows.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2023
• Ellams’s world bursts with ideas about myth and sport, and his play can barely wrangle all of the lyricism and lore into compelling stage action.
  — Vulture, 31 July 2023
• Eventually, the group wrangles the feline into a pillowcase and heads to the lobby to find the pet food and water.
  — Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023

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wrangle

2 of 2 noun

• They had a bitter wrangle over custody of their children.
• 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
• So this is the part so many of us wrangle with — what are our priorities?
  — Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2018
• The flipper mechanism is easy to open with one hand—while the other hand wrangles with a duck.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 31 Jan. 2020
• While the public wrangles with how to avoid answering the phone, there is one area in which calls are thriving.
  — Janelle Nanos, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2018
• 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
• Shimmy up that fire escape, dump croutons all over your body, and wrangle that bird.
  — Cara Michelle Smith evan Allgood, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2019
• After chasing the animal around the pool for a few minutes, the Barons were able to wrangles the gator out of the water, and transfer the reptile to a tank.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 22 July 2019
• But Suez has been opposed from the beginning and a legal wrangle has ensued.
  — Joshua Kirby, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2020
• Going between trying to figure out google classroom with the 8 year old to trying the wrangle the 4y to do some form of letters.
  — The Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2020
• To make it through school, many dyslexics wrangle and hustle.
  — Robyn Curnow, CNN, 6 June 2019
• This is the latest wrangle between Worrell and the heads of local law enforcement agencies.
  — Christopher Cann, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2023
• The two reported their family wrangles at our stations a number of times.
  — Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2020
• But, even as Parliament wrangles, the launch date is only getting closer.
  — Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2019
• Not only does this help the tone and texture of your skin, massage can also refine pores, clear out congestion, and wrangle breakouts.
  — Deanna Pai, Glamour, 17 May 2018
• 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
• That's unlike the present because the current wrangle isn't really about a policy issue at all.
  — Conor Murray, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
• 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
• The annual parade of champions that wrangles in the wrestlers vying for titles on the final day of the Colorado state tournament ends in silence.
  — Nick Groke, The Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2017
• And so World Central Kitchen strives to source food locally, and wrangles local chefs and volunteers to cook it in nearby commercial kitchens.
  — Jane Black, Smithsonian, 19 Nov. 2019
• But at 79 years old, Bush frequently takes it upon herself to call up the city and wrangle workers into clearing the alleyways and sidewalks.
  — Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, 29 July 2019
• Celebrity calf scramble One night a week, let some local celebs wrangle some cattle for charity.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2018
• 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
• Carlsberg’s Russian wrangle Carlsberg announced plans to sell its Russia business in 2022, just months after the Ukraine war began.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2023
• Some examples: Sell both kidneys, start a polka band and wrangle armadillos with a bullwhip.
  — David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 27 Jan. 2018
• Get our daily newsletter 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
• But long before that wrangle, hundreds of mothers had already faced the agonizing choice: Keep the son or daughter but stay away forever, or abandon the child to come home.
  — Washington Post, 30 July 2019
• Without hesitation, Morgan grabs the second python and wrangles it into the plastic tub.
  — Michael Bartiromo, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2018
• But the wrangle over Russian energy is certain to continue.
  — Rob Picheta, CNN, 28 Sep. 2022
• Specialized, weight-saving surf guides with zirconium rings and black frames wrangle braid and keep tangles to a minimum.
  — Alberto Knie, Field & Stream, 22 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024