Sentence examples for could have backfired from inspiring English sources

The strategy could have backfired.

In another context, such a rant could have backfired.

Alexis's decision to approach an important client about sensitive internal issues could have backfired.

Maybe it wouldn't have been enough; maybe, clumsily handled, it could have backfired.

As opening gambits go, this one is pure kamikaze, and it could have backfired accordingly.

So, while I admired the bold concept, I read the first pages in trepidation: it could have backfired horribly.

She made these brave, bold moves that could've backfired terribly and made you think, "what is she doing?

The conclusion is that Southampton were smart, but they also took a massive gamble that could easily have backfired, and they could get burned themselves if they try to do the same thing in summer.

As strategies go, mine couldn't have backfired much more.

The "without looking cheap" part of this premise couldn't have backfired more spectacularly.

Air France therefore ordered aircraft and added flights with a counter-cyclical courage that could easily have backfired.But, perhaps most important of all, Mr Spinetta had Charles de Gaulle, the only big airport in Europe that has much room to expand.