Sentence examples for Unsuccessful effort from inspiring English sources

In 1979, Gotbaum made an unsuccessful effort to win the presidency.

President Bush stumped for Sherwood in an unsuccessful effort to save his seat.

A brief and unsuccessful effort to officially enter the political arena came later.

Closing a single plant, even in Germany, is an expensive and often unsuccessful effort.

In 2002, South Carolina sued the Energy Department in an unsuccessful effort to prevent shipments.

Various reports say he and other Saudis lost money in the unsuccessful effort.

She has worked in election campaigns, including one unsuccessful effort after Occupy Wall Street.

Democracy for America supported her first unsuccessful effort to unseat then-Rep.

Tortorella tried another new man on the point, Wojtek Wolski, in yet another unsuccessful effort to ignite the power play.

He became a Democrat that year and spent $1.4 million in an unsuccessful effort to unseat Mr. Reynolds.

Last week, parents went in front of a judge in an unsuccessful effort to have the minister's decision reversed.