Sentence examples for failing to master from inspiring English sources

I will spend my lifetime struggling and failing to master English.

Especially the bit where he utters a string of expletives and is chucked over the horse's head while failing to master cantering.

I think it was Julian Cope who suggested that hardcore punk was simply the result of American teenagers trying and failing to master playing Communication Breakdown, and that sounds wholly plausible.

Last month the Business Mailers Review, a Washington newsletter for mass mailers, reported that Mr. Carlin was being criticized both by board members and - significantly, according to several consultants here who advise users of the mails - by other postal executives, as failing to master problems inherited from his predecessor, William F. Bolger, including the mechanization of mail sorting.

She loses a holiday job on the Wirral, after a catalogue of errors (overstaying her welcome in the posh guest room, failing to master the washing machine, choosing to spend long afternoons on the beach, among others), of which she appears entirely unaware.

Careers CEO of Korn Ferry and Author of Lose the Resume, Land the Job. the No. 1 way to mess up a job interview: failing to master the mental game.

The high inflation of the 1970s was interpreted by many observers as partly due to politicized central banks' trying to help their elected masters and failing to control inflation expectations.

Various versions of how he was killed exist, the most popular being that he was decapitated by Sir Robert Hylton (later de jure 13th Baron Hylton), after falling asleep and failing to get his master's horse ready on time.

Energy Coalition Has a Plan Faulting the Long Island Power Authority for failing to produce an energy master plan, a coalition of more than 30 environmental and civic groups has released a plan of its own.

The pain of failing to qualify for the Masters a year ago is still raw enough for the Irishman to appreciate this return.

In 2006, Woods began dominantly, winning his first two PGA tournaments but failing to capture his fifth Masters championship in April.