Sentence examples for scheme backfired from inspiring English sources
As history relates, the scheme backfired badly when Hamilton pushed it through in modified form as an excise.
Of course, the scheme backfired; the daughters died from the poisoned pie.
Annie's scheme backfired, pushing him further from her and at least somewhat back toward Vanessa.
The scheme backfired, becoming one more piece of the federal case against him.
Mr. Melon, deciding to go back to school in his 50's, hired the great Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (who played himself in the movie) to write a paper about his own books, but the scheme backfired.
And even when her schemes backfired, she had the satisfaction of subverting Ricky's authority, of proving that she could do the impossible.
Indeed, the betting scheme backfires, and Jacobs and Laslo find themselves deep in debt, pursued by thugs hired to protect the interests of the bookmakers the two tried to defraud.
After it invalidated much of his New Deal program, Roosevelt mounted a frontal assault by proposing to expand the court with new justices -- all appointed by him, of course -- only to have the so-called court-packing scheme backfire amid bipartisan opposition.
When Mike arrives home, Zach's murder scheme backfires and he runs away.
A closeted gay teen wants to join the popular gals' clique, but his scheme backfires when his best friend is forced out of the closet instead.
