Sentence examples for foundered by from inspiring English sources
Mr. Khalilzad declined to give details on the meetings, but other officials said the efforts had foundered by the summer, after the bombing of a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra set off waves of sectarian violence.
Vivendi and AOL both foundered by betting too heavily on the Internet and hazy visions of the future.
Bragster was foundered by Belgium-born Wim Vernaeve and Bertrand Bodson who run the company in London, with a 10 person team.
He was also mindful that other educational software companies, such as the Learning Company, had foundered by relying on sales of heavily discounted educational CD-ROMs.
Plouffe says that Obama has tried to change the system, but that people recognize that his attempted to reach across the aisle have been foundered by an intransigent opposition.
Outside China, the exiled pro-democracy movement had foundered, beset by factionalism.
He met Alfried Krupp, the great great-grandson of the founder, by chance in 1953.
To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders, by Bernard Bailyn.
Every year in September, the village honors its founder by celebrating Sam Collins Day.
He told them, "Founders by definition like to start new things.
It is an open air drama beginning in high summer, foundering by winter.
