Sentence examples for abortive contest from inspiring English sources

His abortive contest in 1901 with James J. Hill for the control of the Northern Pacific led to one of the most serious financial crises ever known on Wall Street.

In the now abortive presidential contest, Mr Djindjic backed Mr Labus.The date for fresh elections may well be controversial.

There was no malicious intent in the abortive competition.

There were the Chattanooga military recruitment office shootings; the Charleston church killings; the abortive attack on a Mohammed cartoon contest in Garland, Texas; the Boston marathon bombing; the Sandy Hook school slaughter; and the movie theater shootings in Aurora, Colorado, and most recently, in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Efforts by Swedes and Prussians proved abortive.

There have been abortive attempts so far.

The funds were apparently lost in an abortive attempt to buy diplomatic recognition from Papua New Guinea.Game overIn America's election, Barack Obama made a big advance towards sewing up the Democratic nomination by winning North Carolina's primary by 14 percentage points, and coming a close second to Hillary Clinton in Indiana's contest.

It revisits Mr. Burroughs's abortive advertising career.

His conversion to Rome in 1886 proved abortive and frustrating.

Individually, they made abortive efforts to protect the boys.

Its publisher, Jonathan Cape, launched an appeal which proved abortive.