Sentence examples for a botched attempt from inspiring English sources

After abandoning a botched attempt to break the firm up, Mr Kozlowski had been charged with evading taxes on his personal art purchases, and promptly resigned.

Mr Cameron is desperate to avoid the mistakes of his party's 2010 election campaign, in which a botched attempt to emulate Mr Blair's appeal produced a hung parliament, rather than the expected Tory majority.

Our lawsuit will expose this cynical use of the legal system for what it is: a smokescreen designed to cover up a botched attempt to take over the company.

Even a botched attempt, he figured, would at least attract the eyes of the world.

Four people were injured in a botched attempt to defuse one of the bombs.

A third was wounded by a botched attempt that killed his driver.

In 2015, the state's attorney general suspended executions following a botched attempt at a lethal injection.

Many saw more than an over-the-top marshal and a botched attempt to maintain decorum.

A botched attempt at an asset swap and arctic exploration deal with Russia's Rosneft has added to BP's woes.

But, he said, the most likely mechanism was a botched attempt to black out a small area temporarily.

Because the third time was a botched attempt, with low-grade embryos, they went for a fourth.