Sentence examples for dismal attempt from inspiring English sources

Sports figures don't get off easy either; Mr. Harvey works over the football player Rae Carruth's dismal attempt at a getaway after he was accused of murder.

Defeat in Macedonia at the onset of Scotland's dismal attempt to qualify for this summer's World Cup set the tone for what was to follow.

For the royal family, we could have a royal It's A Knockout-themed show, in honour of Prince Edward's dismal attempt at breaking into light entertainment in 1987.

Yes, the TV show discussing bottom pinching might have gone on to have a sensitive discussion defending women's rights; BBC Cumbria might have showcased opposing views in its show; Mitchell might have been making a dismal attempt at ironic humour.

I have had awful things happen to me in my sadly checkered career, but nothing so terrible as my dismal attempt to buy myself a dress and two hats in the shops of Paris.

Bjorn Borg's dismal attempt at a professional comeback using a wood racquet (he barely won a match) showed how far graphite power had changed the game.In this section Reborn Anyone for zzzz tennis?

After a few equally dismal attempts, we shifted focus.

Basketball courts have become used to odd – and often awful – renditions of the Star-Spangled Banner before tip-off but the instrumental rendition given by Flea, the Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist, must go down in the annals as one of the worst ever – and that's including other previous dismal attempts.

Andy Robinson does not have much hair left to pull out, but the Scotland coach needs not so much to start over this week, with a wooden spoon decider against Italy being served up in Rome on Saturday, but restart over, given his players' dismal attempts to secure possession from kick-offs and self-destructive capacity to follow up a score by giving away tries.

The dismal, hateful attempts to "sanitise" central London (How hostile architecture keeps the unwanted away, 14 June) are of a piece with this government's attitude towards the poor.

To improve this dismal prognosis, attempts are being made in the U.S. and Europe to identify risk factors and screening methodologies.