Sentence examples similar to failed in both attempts from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile the Swiss team failed in both its attempts to reach the summit of Everest, an outcome sometimes put down to dehydration, but more often attributed to a failure of their oxygen equipment.

Jack Dee worked as a waiter at the Ritz, and subsequently failed in attempts both to become a priest and a full-blown alcoholic.

In October 2013 two other attempts failed; in both botched attacks young Tunisians targeted European tourists.In this latest attack the gunmen bypassed the nearby parliament building in favour of the museum, which holds a collection of Roman mosaics and is one of the city's star tourist destinations.

It's a difficult hurdle to clear - just ask Jerome Champagne and David Ginola, who both failed in their attempts to become qualified candidates in the election just gone.

The imperial Diet had been paralyzed since 1608 over disputes between Protestant and Catholic princes, but Matthias and Klesl failed in their attempts to reconcile both parties, while the younger Habsburg archdukes encouraged Germany's Catholic princes to further intransigence.

Isinbayeva jumped 14-9 1/4 and failed in three attempts at 15-1 1/4.

Facebook has failed in several attempts at cloning Snapchat.

He has gamely failed in his attempts at Hemingway-style fishing, shooting and drinking.

San Jose and Kansas City have failed in their attempts to have a soccer stadium built.

Other human rights organisations have also failed in their attempts to visit them.

Big tobacco firms have failed in successive attempts to overturn countries' laws on plain packaging.