Sentence examples for missing a drop from inspiring English sources

Soon thereafter, Fognini's coach, Jose Perlas, directed some mild abuse at Maria, and Fognini hurled his racket after missing a drop shot at 3-3 in the third set.

Buchinger won popularity, too, by playing musical instruments, building tableaux of objects in bottles, loading and firing guns, doing magic tricks with cups and balls, and bowling — "knocking down pins on which a glass of liquor was balanced without missing a drop," according to one witness.

Of note during the series was Bob Gould's captaincy in the second match, against Scotland, and Gould's first ever international dropped goal – which gave Wales a win over Ireland and made up for him missing a dropped goal by just a yard in their draw against England.

Mr. Milgrom-Elcott never missed a drop.

Geraghty missed a drop goal in stoppage time.

75 min: Morne Steyn misses a drop goal attempt.

Justin Marshall also missed a drop goal on a night of lost opportunities for the All Blacks.

Glasgow's brave challenge was petering out as Gopperth missed a drop goal and a thundering charge from man-of-the-match Sean Cronin should have garnered a try.

When Walker pushed a relatively easy penalty wide and Matthew Jones, his replacement, missed a drop goal to the other side of the posts, it seemed there was still plenty of time to make amends.

James Hook missed a late penalty that could have given Wales a victory over South Africa in their 17-16 match, while Dan Parks missed a drop goal in Scotland's 13-12 loss to Argentina, leaving Scotland needing to defeat England on Saturday to reach the quarterfinals.

Dunning figured that should he pick up the loose pass from Chris Whittaker and miss a drop goal, the referee would call the game back, the Waratahs could kick for touch and move into a more dangerous position from which they would launch another attack.