Sentence examples for he was seldom able from inspiring English sources

Moreover, in addition to Stonypath, he designed gardens on commission, such as Fleur de l'air in Provence, but being agoraphobic he was seldom able to see his works in situ.

It was fitful but never fraudulent; it bore the imprint, in the verse, of a skill and patience that he was seldom able to wield in his private distress; and, toward the end, it glimmered with enticing rumors of tranquillity.

Tope Obadeyi was a menacing presence on the ball, since he ran forward with pace, skill and unpredictability, but he was seldom able to create an opportunity for himself or a team-mate.

Very sensitive to the power flowing all around him, and to the power relationships among all the people in his sphere, he's seldom able to profit from his awareness.

But Nureyev was seldom able to mend things, because he was in Paris only half the year.

On his inside Lee Dickson was seldom able to create the rapid tempo for which he was picked, his usually metronomic pass out of rhythm and his lack of a kicking and running game making him too easy for the opposition to read.

In the 1980's, Percy E. Sutton, the former Manhattan borough president who owns a chain of radio stations, bought the theater and reopened it, but it was seldom able to attract major stars.

Letting gays wed will undermine marriage, they say, but they are seldom able to explain how.

But they were seldom able to produce the quality of pass or centre needed to disturb the command of Martin Keown and Tony Adams at the heart of Arsenal's defence.

As the trial progressed, I was seldom able to hear my defence, the prosecutor or the judge.

Further, the majority of these parties captured less than 8% of the vote, and even where they rose to power as a promising alternative to secular tyranny, they were seldom able to hold on to that power.