Sentence examples for fail to summon from inspiring English sources
The portrait of T.R. muscling obstreperous foes on the issue of inequality — particularly the laissez-faire dinosaurs in his own party, the G.O.P. — couldn't fail to summon a contrasting portrait.
Conceivably, party elders may fail to summon the courage to oversee another bail-out of their banking friends, who remain unchastised for their excesses in the 1980s and 1990s.
But this austerity is compelling, and the rare moments of piercing emotion are transfixing, as when Nagg's shouts finally fail to summon Nell from her dustbin – his shouts turning first into a wail, then to a piercing scream – or in the only moment when Clov and Hamm sing together, admitting their reliance on each other.
Likewise, if you repeatedly fail to summon the willpower for a certain behaviour, it may be time to accept the fact: perhaps getting better at cooking, or learning to enjoy yoga, just isn't on the cards for you, and you'd be better advised to focus on changes that truly inspire you.
Broad swathes of the party fail to summon enthusiasm for him.
Loud and repeated cries for "WOOD," "VAN BUREN," "DEAN" and other favorites, failed to summon those champions.
Though their short sharp yelps were resounding, indicating they had bayed a hog, Fire and Nub had failed to summon the other dogs.
The market saw its sharpest drop in over a month on Friday after House Speaker John A. Boehner failed to summon support from Republicans for a plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest households.
And both the church and the state repeatedly failed to summon up an image of "Russianness" that could have united the elites and masses together in a common sense of nationhood.The idea of "rebranding" nations has become fashionable of late.
The Shins did not know that Elizabeth had been threatening suicide or indeed that the very night before she tried and failed to summon the nerve to stick a knife into her chest.
