Sentence examples for failed to intimidate from inspiring English sources

"They have failed to intimidate the coalition.

Dortmund showed attacking spirit in the first half, with Marco Reus scraping a post, but failed to intimidate the visitors.

This failed to intimidate Ms. Cartmell, whose bloody résumé includes stints directing "Sweeney Todd," "Macbeth," "Medea," "Titus Andronicus" and " 'Tis Pity She's a Whore".

Whether this is a sign that war is inevitable or simply a means of tightening screws, the policy has thus far not only failed to intimidate Saddam Hussein into relinquishing Kuwait but forced American citizens to share the predicament of the Iraqi leader: like him, they must constantly wonder, while listening to the bellicose words of the President, if this nation really means to act on them.

She stood up to the Irish Republican Army, whose attempt on her life in 1984 failed to intimidate her. Thatcher died at age 87 on April 8, 2013, from complications of a stroke.

Why do these threats fail to intimidate South Koreans?

If this display fails to intimidate the intruder, the defender charges and snaps his jaws.

Alf looks tough but fails to intimidate an inquisitive little girl who has wandered up to him.

She is graced with as much talent, power and intensity as anyone on the Tour — even the Williams sisters — but she has yet to develop a Plan B when her strategy of glowering and attacking fail to intimidate fearless Poles with pet rats.

In fact, limited U.S. intervention in Syria may not only fail to intimidate Iran, but act as a similar nuclear accelerant.

But wait, critics of Mr. Putin will interject, is it not he who scattered the opposition, imprisoned Mikhail Khodorkovsky, intimidated big business and failed to diversify the economy?