Sentence examples for engaged unsuccessfully from inspiring English sources

He has also engaged (unsuccessfully) in politics for decades, making him a target for retribution from the regime.

Machado had also unsuccessfully engaged in land litigation with peasants from Cuisnahuat in 1886.

On 9 July she participated in the Battle of Calabria as an escort for the heavy ships of Force C and unsuccessfully engaged Italian destroyers and suffered no damage.

Defender participated in the Battle of Calabria on 9 July as an escort for the heavy ships of Force C and unsuccessfully engaged Italian destroyers without suffering any damage.

On 9 July Hasty participated in the Battle of Calabria as an escort for the heavy ships of Force C and unsuccessfully engaged Italian destroyers and suffered no damage.

The Fed, which engaged Morgan Stanley for advice, had shopped around unsuccessfully for a private-sector solution to AIG's problems.

Before Tilak unsuccessfully represented himself at trial, he engaged Jinnah in an attempt to secure his release on bail.

A union of those engaged in what the record describes as beauty work unsuccessfully tried to unionize Swing's beauty parlor.

Tacitly, the two siblings have been engaged in a space race ever since the North unsuccessfully sought to launch its first rocket in 1998.

Tacitly, the rival countries have engaged in a space race ever since the North unsuccessfully sought to launch its first rocket in 1998.

One of the newly engaged women was Liuba Grechen Shirley, a Democrat who ran unsuccessfully against GOP Rep. Peter T. King on Long Island, N.Y.