Sentence examples for failed trying to from inspiring English sources

"Europe has failed trying to do austerity," said Representative Norm Dicks, Democrat of Washington.

A number of companies have failed trying to sell small fuel cells as portable chargers for phones and other electronics.

Home Depot failed trying to bring American DIY sensibilities to China where there was neither the need nor the interest.

The critic at Queen was a little more sympathetic to what he summed up as "a Charles Lamb tale of the sick 1960s" but felt that Marowitz had largely failed: "Trying to whip up jaded appetites with red-hot pokers sizzling out eyes - part of a whole repertoire of blood effects - spell out the decadence instead of the purity of Artaud's influence".

And that would be amazing when one considers how many leagues failed trying to offer an NFL alternative.

PonoPlayer, Neil Young's now infamous hi-fi music player, failed trying to do music better as a standalone device.

She reportedly tried to grab his gun when he opened her cell door, and when that failed tried to throw herself out of a window.

If you've been through the race before and failed, try to map the course out in your head.

I think more companies fail trying to get big too quickly than being cautious and pragmatic.

Such programmes seemed doom to fail, trying to convince beneficiaries that they can find work after they have spent years arguing otherwise.

The danger is that she might not know her own limitations or deeply understand the problem, and fail trying to correct it.