Sentence examples for bid unsuccessfully from inspiring English sources

Korea bid unsuccessfully for the 2022 tournament.

His advertising, marketing and design firm in Manhattan has since bid unsuccessfully for six contracts.

The former Massachusetts governor was in Jacksonville, Florida, as he bid, unsuccessfully, for the Republican nomination.

Tokyo had previously bid unsuccessfully for the 2016 games; Madrid had bid for both 2016 and 2012.

Manchester's city fathers were moved to bid (unsuccessfully) for the Olympics by Barcelona's capture of the 1992 games.

China Development Bank bid unsuccessfully for RBS Aviation and may now seek another leasing firm to buy.

ESPN has tried to break into the big leagues of European soccer before, bidding unsuccessfully for domestic rights to the German Bundesliga last year.

Pre-campaign Cindy is the more seasoned competitor, so it isn't surprising that in these pictures - taken in 2000 when John McCain was chasing the presidential candidacy and Barack Obama was bidding unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Representatives - Cindy looks as if she has more of a handle on White House chic.

While Zell specializes in nonritzy buildings, he has tried to move more into trophies, bidding (unsuccessfully) for Pru Center and San Francisco's Bank of America Tower.

The most legendary nice kid on TV, Eddie Haskell from Leave It To Beaver, deployed flattery and excessive politeness to get the grown-ups to do his bidding, usually unsuccessfully.

The Yankees unsuccessfully bid for Washburn last summer, but now his contract is about to expire.