Sentence examples for petard in from inspiring English sources

4. Finally, is anyone else struck by the dreadful irony of Djokovic being hoisted by his own petard in the matter of the pre-serve ball bounce?

Finally, is anyone else struck by the dreadful irony of Djokovic being hoisted by his own petard in the matter of the pre-serve ball bounce?

His tormenters are recognizable American types -- socialites, movie stars, the idle and/or opinionated rich -- and they are hoist on their own petard in generally predictable ways.

Stars are hoist by their own petard, in that they bring their star factor, but little gravitas, and it is excruciating listening to Clooney's beauty pageant contestant responses to what is actually going on in Sudan.

They can plead inconsistency and they'd have a lot of support, but in their attempts to free Meekings for the final they are rather hoist by their own petard in terms of the rulebook that carries their imprimatur.

We've already seen this effect in the Presidential and Senate races and it would not be surprising that by 2014 many of the primary obsessed Republican incumbents are hoisted on their own petard in the General Election.

So were you lying earlier when you said you would support the generals, or did you just never expect to be called on your words, because you never expected it to happen?" Yet another "hoist on their own petard" item to toss in Republican faces.

Then though, unlikely as it should be, comes the doomsday scenario that will always haunt England and their supporters, the Adelaide spectre, for having made much of the running in the match it is they who are the only side that can lose, hoist, in a way, on the petard of their own heady first innings run-rate.

They're nearly hoist by their own petard, though, as Mertesacker dallies in the middle far too long, and is suddenly surrounded by five yellow shirts.

Last season Ryan proceeded to hoist himself by his own petard — he was last seen in the Season 4 finale being dragged out of corporate headquarters in handcuffs after being caught double-booking sales to make his pet project, the company Web site, appear viable.

In 2007 two inept terrorists were hoist on their own petard when their bomb-laden jeep got wedged in the doorway of Glasgow airport and caught fire.