Sentence examples for mark a miss from inspiring English sources

But maybe give Mark a miss.

The failure to reach an accord on a preferred list of drugs for Medicaid patients marked a missed opportunity to save money, administration officials and legislators said.

Feedback will be given after a correct response (marked by a green V) or a miss (marked by a black X).

Bryan L. Tucker Boston, March 4, 2010 To the Editor: Paul Starr's noble attempt to bridge the health reform divide seems to miss the mark ("A Health Insurance Mandate With a Choice," Op-Ed, March 4).

Alan Forrest took advantage of a mistake by Gers goalkeeper Wed Foderingham in the 10th minute to give the League One side a shock lead before Alfredo Morelos levelled on the half-hour mark after missing a sitter from close range moments earlier.

Fredette was not always on the mark; he missed a few shots that surprised B.Y.U.

"Centocor's argument that an inventor need not physically make an invention to claim it misses the mark," a panel of three circuit judges concluded.

Mullan sometimes misses the mark – a nightmare scrap with Jesus might have worked better if it hadn't been soundtracked to The New Seekers at their jolliest.

Also missing the mark, a tomato and goat cheese tart had an overly vinegary sauce with the promised basil hardly in evidence.

Two entrees also missed the mark: a tough loin of veal, nearly redeemed by its accompanying Fontina cheese cannelloni, and an equally chewy pan-roasted duck breast not helped at all by its too-sweet blackberry sauce.

In a case where it missed the mark, a false story touting NASA would pay you $100,000 to study you staying in bed for 60 days "racked up millions of views on Facebook" before fact-checkers found NASA had paid out $10,000 to $17,000 in limited instances for studies in the past.