Sentence examples for missed its mark from inspiring English sources

"Nine," meanwhile, was on 13 of 15, though over Christmas it missed its mark with the audience.

If the idea of the system, which allows long-serving club players easier access to another home, was meant to prolong the careers of said veterans and maybe help out the odd struggling club along the way, so far it's missed its mark.

"Wow!" said one of the group, whose needle had recently missed its mark.

But recent and more rigorous research suggests that this silver bullet missed its mark.

This time, Facebook's marketing algorithm has missed its mark; I haven't been a teacher for three years.

On one occasion, the guillotine cutting up a missile missed its mark by millimetres and triggered a detonation that sent nerve gas spraying out.

"You can't just stop a train," he said, "If it misses its mark, it takes blocks and blocks to stop it and back up".

But there is another key way in which the Economist's analysis misses its mark: it does not account for the role of journalism in challenging moves to restrict the scope of the internet.

I'm going out on a limb on this, but it also feels like Sony is going to announce that it will also miss its mark of 400,000 units in the U.S. If there's a bigger shortage here, it's going to make things even more crazy come launch week.

Any scheme, however benevolent, will keep missing its mark as long as it does not involve people with experience of sleeping rough.

Because of this, in focus and outlook it often seems to miss its mark, with the selection of artwork pandering to woolly clichés of American society as in thrall to materialism and fame.