Sentence examples for contrived to fail from inspiring English sources

Ruben, in the meantime, contrived to fail both Spanish and art, his mother tongues.

Capello's men have contrived to fail more severely than the line‑up beaten 4-2 by Uruguay in 1954.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp threatened to rip his cap off in a mixture of shock and disgust when Lallana, the ball presented on a plate by Firmino for what should have been a formality, somehow contrived to fail with his connection and the ball rolled apologetically away.

Somehow he even contrived to flunk speech.

The immediate answer is that he undermined the coalition-building that would have given the country a stable government after the June election, contriving to have it fail so that he could get this second chance.

Rodriguez then contrived to miss his fifth three-pointer before, remarkably, Wilkinson failed with a fourth as the game descended into an ill-disciplined mess.

Circumstance contrived to give us another chance.

It's contrived to keep fees up".

Life's editor contrived to get himself arrested.

He somehow always contrived to have it covered up.

There are those who contrived to somehow collect the commercials.