Sentence examples for in a failed from inspiring English sources

They joined forces a year ago in a failed bid to buy two ailing Philadelphia newspapers.

Authorities have said she died in a failed car-jacking.

He met his wife, Ann Simon, in a failed subterfuge.

A last hurrah in a failed comeback attempt.

Afghan women say the presumption of guilt in a failed relationship usually falls on the woman.

Two hostages captured by AQMI in Niger in January were killed in a failed rescue attempt.

Jay-Z lost millions in a failed luxury hotel endeavour, J Hotels.

Gbagbo's rule was not without discord, culminating in a failed coup on September 19 , 2002

Prosecutors are pursuing the theory that he was killed in a failed extortion attempt.

It blew 19 billion francs between 2009 and last year in a failed strategy to keep the currency in line.

All the hostages, five of their captors, and a West German policeman were slain in a failed rescue attempt.