How to Use wiggle room in a Sentence
wiggle room
noun- The salesman has some wiggle room to reduce the price of the car.
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The Cubs don’t have much wiggle room for things to go wrong.
— Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2022 -
The style fits at the waist and tapers down the leg with a little wiggle room.
— Barry Samaha, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2023 -
That means a lot less wiggle room on prices for new and used rigs.
— Liz Weston, Star Tribune, 26 Dec. 2020 -
That’s almost a third of the league’s teams, which removes a lot of the wiggle room in the schedule.
— Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2020 -
Keep this in mind, and make sure your shoes or boots have plenty of wiggle room.
— Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 28 Feb. 2023 -
There’s enough wiggle room in those statements to drive a truck through.
— Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 8 July 2021 -
Still, the remedies proposed by the CMA don’t give Adobe much wiggle room.
— Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 28 Nov. 2023 -
Since the new schedule is eight games in eight weeks, there is no wiggle room.
— Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2020 -
The narrow fit is perfectly snug in the arch area with enough wiggle room in the toes.
— Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2023 -
My feet are wide, and these give my toes plenty of wiggle room.
— Hannah Singleton, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2024 -
What kind of wiggle room does Trump have to push his legal case?
— Tierney Sneed, CNN, 20 Oct. 2021 -
This language gives Twitch a fair amount of wiggle room.
— Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2021 -
The blue ball sails over the red ball and passes right through a wicket that allows a mere 1/16 inch of wiggle room.
— Chris MacIas -, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2024 -
The Nets have more wiggle room, seemingly, ahead of their first home game on Oct. 24.
— Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2021 -
And retirees—the folks with the least amount of wiggle room in their monthly income—are taking the brunt.
— Brett Owens, Forbes, 7 July 2021 -
Use your tape to measure how high your pile is, and add in a little wiggle room.
— Outdoor Life, 8 Jan. 2021 -
Clarkson picked up the doll and gave it a squeeze, suggesting maybe there was some wiggle room in the rules.
— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2023 -
The June date for the primaries gives the courts and election officials less wiggle room in case the courts overturn the maps.
— Bryn Stole, baltimoresun.com, 16 Feb. 2022 -
This means a song has to contain a certain amount of wiggle room to sound both wide-eyed and hairy-legged.
— David Kirby, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 -
The one-size-for-all design of some of the cheaper brands might leave you with too much wiggle room for your feet or not enough.
— Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 25 Feb. 2021 -
Yes, the company has left itself wiggle room to call off the IPO.
— Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2022 -
That doesn’t leave much wiggle room if customers are slow to return to old habits.
— Charley Grant, WSJ, 25 Feb. 2021 -
But if your program is built on doing things the right way all the time, there is little wiggle room.
— Jenni Carlson, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2022 -
Short on wiggle room, Clement did what any good lawyer does when your client is Fox News — scramble!
— Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2021 -
That provides some levity and some fun and a lot of wiggle room.
— Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2021 -
The problem is that a lot of wiggle room is bound to slyly be found within any of the sincerest of bans.
— Lance Eliot, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022 -
The wiggle room for grants and awards varies depending on the conference.
— Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2023 -
The building timeline doesn’t feature much wiggle room.
— Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2024 -
The breathable mesh upper is also a nice touch that allows for some wiggle room and flexibility in the forefoot.
— Kristine Thomason, SELF, 22 Oct. 2024
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