Sentence examples for lamentably failed from inspiring English sources

Congo had become a lamentably failed state.

It has lamentably failed to understand Israel's sensitivities over past efforts to retrieve captives from Arab hands.

But Mr Monti also began to do something his predecessor had lamentably failed at: promote growth in sluggish Italy.

The two sides lamentably failed to resolve a lingering and potentially dangerous dispute over gas resources in the East China Sea.

It was that local authenticity and integrity which explains why a handful of concerned citizens succeeded over Hillsborough where the great organs of the British state so lamentably failed.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who will end his second term in 2014, has lamentably failed to grapple with all the old problems of awful infrastructure, foot-dragging bureaucrats, rampant corruption and ill-organised political decentralisation.

Frozen and Brave, two previous Disney films, both cartoons, were praised for showcasing strong, feisty heroines; according to critics, Branagh's Cinderella lamentably fails the role-model test.

ASA spokesperson on complaints about the Gocompare.com ad in which Sue Barker lamentably fails to kill Gio Compario with a giant bazooka.

That's the job of politicians – and so far, they've failed lamentably.

The 80kg Sputnik seemed to shame the Americans: their kitchen gadgets were no doubt splendid, but they failed lamentably to put even a football-sized satellite into space.

Countries such as Greece, Italy and Portugal have lots of small firms which, thanks to cumbersome regulations, have failed lamentably to grow (see article).