Sentence examples for fails to wrest from inspiring English sources

Either way, the longer Mr Ocalan fails to wrest substantive concessions for his people the more restless the PKK will grow.

Altamirano's arch and flowery language ("Yes, Readers of the Jury.... Oh, the tricks a poor narrator must resort to") mocks this tradition but fails to wrest itself free of it.

Bright contributions also come from Caitlan Taylor as a prostitute who fails to wrest Richard's virginity but leaves him with a monstrous hangover, and Rosa Palmieri as the love of Richard's young life, comparably petulant and innocent.

And yet despite these recent successes, the Sri Lankan army has failed to wrest control of the north from the rebels.

As more and more people have left the city, the tax base has shriveled, and the city government has failed to wrest concessions from unions.

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.

He may have failed to wrest the presidency from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but Mir Hossein Mousavi at least has the satisfaction of knowing his wife has helped wring an unexpected political concession from his main rival.

Having failed to wrest Tooting from Sadiq Khan in 2010, Clarke was removed from the candidates' list – busying himself instead with the party's RoadTrip campaign to bus young activists around the country, and its youth wing, Conservative Future.

Liberal Sophie Mirabella failed to wrest the seat of Indi back from Cathy McGowan, with the independent looking as though she would increase her majority when final results are in.

Has City also seen enough of Mancini and will it attempt to entice Mourinho (whose Real Madrid remains in first place, precariously in Spain) back to England as Mancini and his high-priced roster have failed to wrest the title from United?

The town of Fallujah, which American marines failed to wrest back in bitter fighting last April, has become a no-go area: from it, a miscellany of insurgents, ranging from secular local nationalists to foreign jihadis, mount increasingly horrific suicide bombings and kidnap raids on other cities, including Baghdad.