Sentence examples for declaration backfired from inspiring English sources

His declaration backfired.

But that declaration, apparently aimed at a possible general election next month, backfired after Mr. Brown was accused of playing politics.

Four years later, though, Republican appeals to "family values" and the declaration of a cultural war at the party's convention were widely thought to have backfired.

That backfired.

And that backfired.

But the ploy backfired.

The Clinton effort backfired.

The legal maneuver backfired.

"But that plan backfired".

This has backfired.

The approach backfired.