Sentence examples for failed stick from inspiring English sources

He would become more outrageous, do more takes, make more weird noises, and, if all else failed, stick his finger deeper in his nose, all the while displaying a pompous mock-dignity.

The venture failed, sticking Salter with heavy debts and a heavy heart.

She tried to tear them open with her teeth, apologizing all the while — prison, she says, wreaks havoc on manners — and, when that failed, stuck her head out the door and asked the guard, "Do you have a pen or something I could stab this with?" Haysom told me that she'd had a great shrink a few years ago who helped her come to terms with her mother's abuse.

For example, many local governments in the U.S. have been suckered into building public-private toll roads (see here and here and here), all of which eventually failed, sticking the governments with poorly constructed roads and piles of debt.

"When all else fails, stick a Latin ending on a word and move on".

If all else fails, stick to the golden rule.

But the lesson failed to stick.

He has failed to stick to his strategy and has made too many tactical errors.

But these attempts failed to stick, as evidenced by the new age of Deep Irony.

Erixon failed to stick with the Rangers last season in his rookie year as a professional.

As yet, the Democrats' criticisms of the Bush tax cut have failed to stick.