Sentence examples for best failing from inspiring English sources

We'll let the 10 least bad offenders off for at least trying to provide some entertainment (Leicester are the best, failing to score on only three occasions).

This tells you a great deal about the neo-classical aesthetic: visibility was everything, which was why uniformity was so desirable; pure white marble was the best; failing that, a plaster cast was better to draw from than an antique, because there were no distractions from the pure play of light and shadow, line and form.

Tropa de Elite 2 also takes aim at the Brazilian Congress and the federal and state governments - for, at best, failing to tackle the social issues behind the violence and, at worst, for colluding with criminals for political gain.

They are criticisms we have heard too many times before - optimistic social workers hoping for the best, failing to pass on their concerns and with a lack of focus on the children and their welfare.

Do your best failing is not like drawing with a pen, you can easily re-do it.

Damien Varley, who had been named on the bench in the event of Best failing to prove his fitness, drops out of the match-day squad entirely.

By trying their best and failing miserably, the Warriors joined a prestigious club of great losers.

However, he always finds the humanity in people and his character is someone who is really trying to do his best, though failing miserably.

Also, trying to be aware that we're generally funniest when we're not intending to be; when we are being truthful or trying our best and failing.

Any airy, wire-supported structure is best, but failing that make leaf mould by placing leaves in black bin bags, loosely tied, with a few holes in the plastic.

"Our recovery could be stalled, at best, by failing to be able to insert a more diverse gene pool into the existing wild population". .