Sentence examples for it fails to convey from inspiring English sources
As impressive as some of its special effects may be, "The Perfect Storm" (like "Twister" before it) fails to convey the weather's changing moods and the ominously majestic march of events that signal inclement weather.
What it fails to convey is that spark that drives the best and most insightful documentaries.
(In one deposition, we learn, a lawyer asked a former private investigator, "And then you typed the word 'stated'?") The book duly chronicles abuses within the church and the legal fallout, but it fails to convey the horror.
Mr. Kechiche's taciturn and long-suffering Saarjtie gives us little insight into her personality, and while the film makes for profoundly uncomfortable viewing, it fails to convey the imaginative understanding of, for example, Truffaut's "L'Enfant Sauvage".
It may explain how Mr. Blair became the head of the Labor Party and prime minister, but it fails to convey any insights into the most crucial decision of his 10-year tenure.
But if "The House of Mirth" is dour to the degree that it fails to convey the attractions of Gotham's good life in 1905 (Martin Scorsese's screen version of "The Age of Innocence" did a much better job of evoking a warm tribal solidarity and comfort), the story is still so gripping it almost doesn't matter how it's couched.
However, it failed to convey the positive future that progressive organic producers see for organic foods.
Notice, however, that the problem with the original wasn't that it failed to convey the nuances.
And, while the letters included taglines -- one-sentence statements -- in select Asian languages, the text was so generic it failed to convey the gravity and urgency of the situation that a person's coverage would be cut off without a response.
The term "folkstep" was invented to describe it, but fails to convey the breadth of what's going on.
Elsewhere he protests persuasively against the word itself, saying that it totally fails to convey "the howling tempest in the brain".
