Sentence examples for ones and failed from inspiring English sources

Though Murray produced plenty of quality, even spectacular, shots, he also missed too many routine ones and failed to take consistent advantage of Nadal's two-handed backhand landing short in the court.

It's generally better to set small achievable goals and succeed than bigger ones and fail, and maybe quit in frustration.

Mystified but obedient, the dealer tried to find one and failed.

Yet Toussaint behaved ambiguously: venerating France, fearing Bonaparte, aging and growing weary, he trusted no one and failed to clarify his purposes.

Until now, Rodriguez was dogged by the perception that he was a high-priced player who never won the big one and failed in the clutch.

When attacking cliché, Von Trier usually does so with small, clear drama, but in Melancholia, he himself has used one, and failed to transcend.

Twice the Mets put runners on the corners with one out and failed to score.

Yes, I managed to extract myself from one world and failed to inextricably wedge my way into another.

"We tried to live together, in one country, and failed,'' Mr. Kantor wrote.

As it was, the full strength West Indies team won only one game and failed to reach the final.

That horror is located in the distance between two selves, two subjectivities: humans who will themselves to be "as one," and fail miserably.