Sentence examples for means failed from inspiring English sources

But where military means failed, market intelligence prevailed.

She also mentions the acronym FILTH, which means "Failed in London, Try Hong Kong".

Military strikes might be used, but only if all other means failed.

He was an ardent exponent of a Central American union, and, when political means failed to produce results, he invaded El Salvador in order to force it to join the union.

But Silicon Valley soured on Rothenberg Ventures last year, amid charges that its founder spent beyond his means, failed to pay staff and misappropriated investor funds for a side project.

China has never dropped its threat to "reunify" Taiwan by force if peaceful means fail.

Telling families to 'live within their means' fails to understand the pressures they face or the choices they can make.

In an interview he told me, "'A Christian Manifesto' actually calls for the violent overthrow of the United States Government if other means fail to reverse Roe v. Wade.

It's hard to say how Abbey would have felt about the group; he advocated subversion and sabotage only "when political means fail".

Russia is saying it will not rule out using nuclear weapons to defend itself, even from conventional attack, if all other means fail.

The series centres on a small team of extra tough, rulebook-ignoring cops used (if not fully approved) by the powers that be when more traditional means fail.