Sentence examples for initially backfired from inspiring English sources

Rozelle's promotions initially backfired.

There are some concrete signs, however, that her unorthodox approach initially backfired, including the response to the show's first advertising campaign, which depicted an overweight, heavily made-up Mr. Bowery posed in front of a man urinating in a dirty restroom.

But listen: even though that alcohol might make you warmer initially, it could backfire very quickly.

The plan nearly backfired as Dr. Diaz initially also tried to back out.

And so far, it appears to have backfired, reviving some of the divisions that led the court to intervene initially.

That lack of disclosure backfired, however, when the fire brigade, learning of high radiation levels at the plant's gates, initially refused to venture in, and even pulled some men back.

AMLO initially responded by calling Fox a "chachalaca," a kind of twittering tropical bird, but as he himself admits, the sally backfired.

That backfired.

suppression might have actually backfired.

And that backfired.

But the ploy backfired.