Sentence examples for proved unable to support from inspiring English sources

The spongy ground proved unable to support any such edifice, and it remained a ditch for decades until Khrushchev turned it into the world's largest outdoor swimming pool.

When his single mother proved unable to support her children, JP was sent to a Los Angeles foster home.

Cullom proved unable to stand against McKinley despite the support of local Republican machines; at the state convention at the end of April, McKinley completed a near-sweep of Illinois' delegates.

Mr. Rudd's political fate was sealed when he proved unable to garner support for a contentious mining tax that confused the electorate and angered Australia's powerful mining industry.

In addition, Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Barak had proved unable to win sufficient support for early military action from other members of the government.

The first of the stable's putative Classic contenders actually to gallop in anger, Twirl, had earlier proved unable to land strong support in a Group Three race over a mile.

Fearing he would lose the votes of Southern congressional delegations for his legislative agenda, however, Franklin refused to publicly support the bill, which proved unable to pass the Senate.

Despite repeated attempts throughout his reign, Taraki proved unable to persuade the Soviet Union to intervene in support of the restoration of civil order.

He proved unable to govern alone.

Inept generals proved unable to govern.

Alas, it proved unable to do so.