Sentence examples for and backfired from inspiring English sources

"It was meant to damage me and backfired on Miller".

Meanwhile, repression proved unable to end resistance and backfired by imposing significant costs on the regimes.

So far, it has succeeded in the first aim and backfired on the second.

"If Trump used that language and sanctions two or three years ago, it would have probably been rejected and backfired.

The move roiled Wickman and backfired when Rocker failed in the role that Wickman had handled effectively.

Mr. Pape said that over the last 17 years, this strategy has been tried six times and backfired or proved ineffective in each instance.

But lately the tandem has begun to hiccup and backfire.

The re-education that Starbucks had begun was both moving ahead and backfiring.

And backfiring it is.

If discovered, it could spread around and backfire on you!

This may not work all the time and backfires a lot.