Sentence examples for prominent failed from inspiring English sources

But in this case, Lugar's challenger Richard Mourdock isn't a far-out social conservative like Christine O'Donnell or Sharron Angle, the G.O.P.'s most prominent failed Senate candidates of 2010.

Williams's attempt to run for the first down failed, making it just the most prominent failing in a day of special-teams problems.

In the final, too many of Celtic's prominent players failed to perform.

We learn that when voters were presented with only one candidate many of them crossed out his name; as a result, some prominent candidates failed to go get the required majority.

It is worse when prominent politicians fail to understand what rape means.

Overtures to several prominent investors have failed to turn up any takers, sending the stock to a new low yesterday.

Dr. McCracken said developing effective treatments had been difficult because the underlying causes were poorly understood until the last few years, and some prominent efforts had failed.

Their message was often confused; they were often nowhere to be seen outside of Cairo or main cities and some of their most prominent leaders have failed to get seats.

The notion of black political decline gained further credence in last year's mayoral election, when efforts to unify community leaders behind a consensus choice fizzled and the most prominent black candidate failed to win a single ward.

Complaints against Savile were made during his lifetime, both informally and to the police, but the communities in which he held prominent positions repeatedly failed to recognise or act as a check on his behaviour.

Though JAL planes will keep flying, because of a bailout of 600 billion yen, or $6.6 billion, the company's humbling is a reminder of how some of postwar Japan's most prominent corporations have failed to keep up with shifts in the world economy.