Sentence examples for but failed to throw from inspiring English sources

It hoped, but failed, to throw the major out again.

He held a peace conference at Annapolis, Maryland, in 2007, but failed to throw his weight behind it.

Perhaps nowhere do radicals feel more besieged than in the Pacific Northwest, where activists were called to testify before a grand jury investigating vandalism at a 2012 May Day march in Seattle, after the windows of a federal courthouse were smashed and someone tried, but failed, to throw a smoke bomb inside.

Against the Kansas City Chiefs Manning failed to throw a TD for the first time in 2010, but led the Colts on a game-winning drive in the 4th quarter (45th of his career) to hand the Chiefs their first loss of the season.

And for the first time in 53 games, Tom Brady has failed to throw a touchdown pass.

A week later, he failed to throw a touchdown pass as Oklahoma trounced Missouri, 38-17.

During a bullpen session in September 2006, Pelfrey failed to throw a strike in 19 out of 20 pitches.

Martin grounded into two inning-ending double plays en route to going 0 for 4 and also failed to throw out any of the five attempted base stealers.

By his standards, I have occasionally acknowledged to him, I failed to throw myself wholeheartedly into the job of running a college newspaper: I graduated.

Although the intended target, Tommy Bohanon, a first-year fullback, had gone down at the line of scrimmage, Sanchez failed to throw the ball away.

He played well in his first five games before a three-game slump in October in which he failed to throw a touchdown pass.