Sentence examples for failed to wrest control from inspiring English sources
And yet despite these recent successes, the Sri Lankan army has failed to wrest control of the north from the rebels.
The three-month-old government of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo lost the latest round on May 3rd, when it failed to wrest control of San Miguel's board from Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco, the group's boss.
Governor Rockefeller of New York, who had twice failed to wrest control of the party from Mr. Nixon, rendered the ultimate tribute of placing the President's name in nomination and describing the duty as an honor.
Regent failed to wrest control of the fund, but most of its shareholders were able to cash out.
He and another leader, Yasin Malik, organised resistance to Indian rule with help from the Pakistani military regime of General Zia-ul Haq, who, according to Mr Khan, believed that since Islamabad had failed to wrest control of Kashmir from India, it might as well back a movement for its independence.
But public disillusionment grew steadily as the reformists failed to wrest crucial powers from the appointed clerics who control much of the power in Iran's theocratic system of government.
If the werewolves failed to wrest the shoots, there would be famine.
Either way, the longer Mr Ocalan fails to wrest substantive concessions for his people the more restless the PKK will grow.
Although American officials have emphasized that the campaign in the southern port city of Basra is directed by Iraqi forces, the Iraqis have failed so far to wrest control of neighborhoods in Basra from Shiite militias and asked the Americans and British to step in.
The results in New York, a state that figured prominently in the national battle for control of Congress, echoed a weak showing of House Democrats around the country, who failed to capture enough seats to wrest control of Congress from the Republicans.
They are also a democratic outcry, demanding that justice finally be done — and an attempt by a nation to wrest control from failed leaders who have consistently put personal profit over national interest.
