Sentence examples for fails to overtake from inspiring English sources

The strange syntax evokes an anguished state in which shame tries, but fails, to overtake desire.

Even if the DUP fails to overtake the UUP, the election of several UUP rebels, like Jeffrey Donaldson, will make it difficult for the party leader, David Trimble, to strike a deal with Sinn Féin to bring back devolution.

If Vice President Gore fails to overtake Governor Bush by the current vote-counting deadline of Sunday afternoon, he will face considerable pressure to concede the election in any event.

The listener's awareness fluctuates between following all the intricate processes and letting them go – and slipping into a pleasurable trance which, I suspect, only fails to overtake the performers because of their need to count frantically for an hour.

– Wage growth fails to overtake inflation again.

'Ghostbusters' fails to overtake 'Secret Life of Pets' at the box office.

The conspiracy did not work; Lajoie failed to overtake Cobb.

Labour might win the election outright or fail to overtake the Tories.

Another, sent from Ft. Ridgely in Minnesota, pursued Inkpaduta, who fled westward, but failed to overtake him.

Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who won Friday's super-G, finished 10th and failed to overtake Marcel Hirscher atop the overall standings.

Kakiasvilis lifted 485 pounds (220 kilograms) on his first and only attempt in the clean and jerk, then watched the rest of the field fail to overtake him.