Sentence examples for but failed to break from inspiring English sources

Zog tried but failed to break that hold from 1932 onward.

Senate members met Wednesday night but failed to break the impasse.

Sacramento scored 70 points in the first half but failed to break 40 in the final two quarters.

After the Nazi failure outside of Moscow a Soviet counteroffensive gained some ground but failed to break the German line.

Forwards Clint Mathis and Brian McBride also worked hard off the ball but failed to break down Ireland's defense.

Mesut Ozil also hit a post as the visitors dominated, but failed to break down the Baggies in the second half.

Paul Newman gave one of his most charismatic performances as the antihero Luke, an irrepressible, indomitable convict who gives new hope to his chain-gang compatriots; Strother Martin was the warden who tries but fails to break him.

One of the most intractable of all social subjects -- the millions of Americans who work steadily but fail to break into the middle class -- is the focus of this powerful book.

Last week I spoke to Barry Ritholtz, and he said that if markets skid along their 2008 bottoms for a little while on the downside, but fail to break through them, a recovery is not that far off.

After home striker Leon Clarke had beaten Glovers keeper Marek Stech to a through ball but failed to convert, Yeovil broke away for Madden to score.

United had dominated from the start but failed to score until Nani broke the deadlock with a cool finish in the area in the 69th minute.