Sentence examples for petard of from inspiring English sources

On this reading, the World Service was hoist on the petard of its own, well researched, enthusiasms.

It has been fascinating to watch the televised right being hoist on their own petard of crude generalisation.

Key to this was the manner in which the bowlers, even Johnson to an extent, hoist England on their own petard of "bowling dry".

His healthy contempt for conventional schooling is wonderfully betrayed by John Patrick Norman McHennessy in The Boy Who Was Always Late, where a stick-wielding teacher is hoist on the petard of his own literal-mindedness.

Anyone who has tired of hearing more than 20 years of relentless attacks on public education, dating back to the Reagan administration report on "A Nation At Risk," could be forgiven the temptation to gloat last week, when the critics were hoisted with their own petard of standardized testing.

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.

England lost the second Test by 95 runs shortly after the drinks break in the afternoon session of the final day, hoist with their own petard on a pitch prepared to suit themselves, and sometimes those watching events unfold can do no more than shake their heads and stare blankly.

What he does not mention, however, is that with this political blunder, the Bush administration has been hoist with its own petard (to use one of my dear departed mother's favorite phrases).

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.

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?