Sentence examples for measures and failed from inspiring English sources

Monti had tried to stem the debt with rigorous "European" measures, and failed.

We fought for new gun violence prevention measures and failed.

In addition, although Davutoğlu said nothing publicly about Erdogan's systematic attack on the free press, the jailing of journalists, and human rights violations, he disagreed with these unlawful measures and failed in his efforts to quietly persuade his boss to ease the pressure on the press.

We want an alternative to medical practice that starts with drugs and invasive measures and fails to put personal engagement, lifestyle choices, and determinants front and center.

The fact that these associations varied across the trial arms indicates that there might have been hidden differences between the two arms, particularly those differences in confounding variables that the trial did not measure and failed to balance across the two experimental conditions.

Clegg said he thought it was more important to pass a modest reform than to try for a more radical measure and fail.

More likely, Democrats could make a deal to protect Dreamers while also giving Trump something he wants, but not the whole spate of anti-immigrant measures Republicans tried, and failed, to pass earlier this year.

Because the Allied Powers used the power of food in their embargo, Germany was forced to resort to desperate measures and eventually failed despite them.

Three other states -- Montana, Minnesota and Missouri -- already have weakened versions of such laws on their books, and measures have been introduced and failed in eight other states.

I worry that Christian faith communities may be missing an opportunity to talk about problems that embed and replicate themselves at the systemic level--problems such as racism and failed measures to ensure police accountability.

Oh, and it cost a few trillion dollars -- maybe four trillion, maybe five trillion, depending on how one chooses to measure the cost -- and failed to achieve any of its political objectives, but helped wreck the U.S. economy.