Sentence examples for but bombs when from inspiring English sources

The band is a big hit in London but bombs when the Storyteller tries to create the same format at a club in Los Angeles.

"The Cockettes," a documentary by David Weissman and Bill Weber that will have its commercial opening later this month, recounts the flaming, ultimately sad history of the legendary San Francisco drag troupe that became the darling of bohemian San Francisco at the height of the hippie era but bombed when it was brought to New York amid much hoopla.

As expected, none of the four bombs dropped had hit the stationary wreck; but the instantaneous fuses had detonated the bombs when they struck the water, and bomb fragments had torn holes in the sides of the ship.

As expected, none of the four bombs dropped had hit the stationary wreck, but the instantaneous fuses had detonated the bombs when they struck the water, so bomb fragments had torn holes in the sides of the ship.

The soldier told him he'd been sweeping for bombs when an explosion took his legs.

They look like crude homemade bombs when X-rayed, since they have batteries, electronics, antennas and wires wrapping around them.

The militants shot congregants, held others hostage, then set off bombs when Iraqi forces came to the rescue.

"Why was it necessary to bomb Japan with atom bombs when we were burning the place down?

The suspect had come close to building at least three bombs when he was arrested.

But the 1998 Omagh bomb, when the so-called Real IRA killed 29 people, is in the communal memory as an example of what even a small and relatively disorganised gang can do.

To begin with, rehearsals took place during the week of the bombing when focus and attention were shattered but eventually coalesced, even more powerfully, around the music.