Sentence examples similar to contrive to miss from inspiring English sources
Her trainer, Richard Fahey, had contrived to miss the race after electing to travel south by train.
From four yards out, he somehow contrives to miss, shooting straight at Itandje.
He scored a wonderful goal against Newcastle last time out but then contrived to miss two golden chances.
Marc-Antoine Fortuné and Sheyi Ojo delivered a series of inviting crosses that their team-mates contrived to miss.
And I'll be catching several buzzy acts who I contrived to miss last year – Ivo Graham, Ursula Burns, Trygve (Squidboy) Wakenshaw, Phil Wang, Paul Currie.
He treats the ball like a friend and shortly after half-time he used his right foot to release Agüero, who contrived to miss an open goal.
George Ford has already had a tricky month and contrived to miss six of his seven attempted kicks at goal in perfect conditions.
With the clock ticking down Shaqiri had a volley blocked, Crouch another volleyed effort saved and Diouf contrived to miss a header even easier than his first.
A few heart stopping moments as Moses contrived to miss an open goal and Vinnie Enyeama, with the second most important touch of the tournament, saved Fair play to the Burkinabe.
Maloney was more of a danger to Dynamo on the night than McGeady, supplying a glorious cross which Marc-Antoine Fortuné contrived to miss completely when just three yards from goal.
Palace looked dangerous only in a 15-minute second-half spell, during which their on-loan Finnish striker Mikael Forssell contrived to miss three good chances in quick succession.
