Sentence examples for liable to backfire from inspiring English sources

But such games are liable to backfire in Pakistan's increasingly conservative society, creating greater support for extremist viewpoints.

When sacred values are in play, studies show, any proposal of economic incentives to make a deal is liable to backfire.

Apart from being questionable in principle (what gives America the right to force its choices on others?) any crude attempt to impose democracy on the Arabs is liable to backfire in practice.One way such a policy could backfire is by knocking over bad regimes only to see even worse ones take their place.

This strategy seemed to backfire.

It is likely to backfire.

"It's going to backfire on him".

The slight seemed to backfire at first.

But the campaign appeared to backfire.

Psychological manipulation has a tendency to backfire.

Playing politics with history tends to backfire.

But the leading proposal seemed to backfire.