Sentence examples for fail to prevail from inspiring English sources

Bale's loss to Real Madrid is a kick in the guts and there will be times when Tottenham fail to prevail in tight matches when it will feel all the more painful.

If Mr. Chirac's party and its allies fail to prevail then, the president will again be forced to cede the bulk of executive power to a Socialist prime minister and government.

At least from the perspective of a rapt ticket-buying public, it is hard to imagine that any nominee from its admirable and assiduous team will fail to prevail among their professional colleagues regardless of task: directing, acting, music, design, composition, and production.

In the end Mr Obama antagonised both Mr Netanyahu and Israel's supporters in America, but failed to prevail over him, and by failing lost prestige among the Arabs as well.It is presidents who make the final decisions on Arab-Israeli peacemaking.

Napster has so far failed to prevail with either of those claims.

Over a gruelling four hours and thirty-seven minutes in Paris, Djokovic had failed to prevail by the slightest of margins.

While much was made of the game, Carmody never gave into the hype, a move that paid off when the Wildcats failed to prevail.

In 1992, Bill Clinton, calling himself a "New Democrat," broke the spell and initiated a two-decade period in which Republican candidates for President failed to prevail five times out of six.

Eight years ago, when Chelsea were actually fifth in the table and only two points off the summit, Mourinho's team conjured 20 scoring chances against Rosenborg but could only score once and failed to prevail.

In a noncapital case in which we believe the defendant is innocent, a state judge held a four-day evidentiary hearing, heard the brief oral argument of the parties and immediately ruled that the defendant had failed to prevail on any issue.

Mr. Keegan argues that the battle of Crete -- in which the British had ample force and "the German plans plain before them for several days in advance" but nonetheless failed to prevail -- shows that "intelligence is only as good as the use made of it".