Sentence examples for hapless play from inspiring English sources

During the Knicks' resurgence, the Nets had lost themselves in a downward spiral of defeats, injuries and hapless play.

The lone goal went in on nine minutes - a piece of opportunism that wouldn't have been out of place had it settled an illustrious Champions League contest - but chances flowed all night, some nicely carved out, others the product of hapless play from both sides.

He has an (overly) ready excuse for where he was at the time of Morten's murder and a penchant for sadistic games – he makes the infuriatingly hapless Marc play Russian roulette to win extra days to find 78,000 kroner Marc owes him (for what is unclear, though what is clear is that Marc should quit trying to win it at poker).

You can't help but root for Ron Burgundy, the hapless newscaster played by Will Ferrell.

The ODC is run by the hapless Ian (played by Hugh Bonneville).

"The referee is rendered a hapless fool, playing blind man's buff," wrote Süddeutsche Zeitung.

"He is probably the catalyst for Liz Lemon" — the show's romantically hapless protagonist, played by Tina Fey — "finding love".

"He is probably the catalyst for Liz Lemon"—the show's romantically hapless protagonist, played by Tina Fey—"finding love".

The audience with which I saw the show seemed happiest when it was privy to the misinterpretations of the hapless interpreters (played by Angela Lin and Johnny Wu) used in business meetings.

People seemed to giggle nervously each time Ethel, Vera's hapless daughter, played by Alex Kelly, or her oddball suitor Reg (Eddie Marsan), appeared on screen.

And portraying an earnest actress in a skinflick in "Her Big Chance," Valerie Mahaffey charmingly recalls the hapless gamines played by Shirley MacLaine.