Sentence examples for fail to punch from inspiring English sources

Three plays fail to punch the ball in, so Coughlin, probably fuming, goes for it on fourth down.

But what about voters using punch-card ballots who fail to punch through the card completely, leaving attached to the ballot a paper fragment that the nation has now learned to call a "chad"?

Mr. Ahmann acknowledged that he had made the statement in his application and had also tried to get Miami-Dade to buy a new stylus he had designed that was supposed to make it less likely for a voter to fail to punch a card through.

If conductors fail to punch 1 out of 100 tickets, Metro-North can protect itself by simply raising the ticket price by 1%.

United goalkeeper David De Gea also shone, keeping his side in the game time and again during a second-half bombardment, only to fail to punch clear in the lead-up to Tottenham's equaliser.

They tried and failed to punch their way through the wind.

The north fails to punch its weight because it lacks one strong voice and an authority that puts the north first.

Thousands of voters failed to punch a hole clean through the ballot, turning the recount into a torturous argument over "voter intent".

Schumacher's championship was as good as sealed when Coulthard failed to punch past him off the grid or even maintain his position.

So far, the rebels in the east have failed to punch through the line of Qaddafi forces at the strategic city of Ajdabiya, even with foreign forces battering Libya's air and ground forces.

Colorado failed to punch it in on a good flurry in front of the net with 21.2 seconds to go, and Bourque then fired a shot that hit Belfour and clanged off the right post with eight seconds left.