Sentence examples for stumbling effort from inspiring English sources

During the Iowa primary, Sheldon Adelson was persuaded to sink millions of dollars into a stumbling effort to turn him into the President.

page A18 op-ed BOB HERBERT Gov. Sarah Palin's stumbling effort in the nationally televised interview showed just how reckless a choice she is for vice president.

Let's say a budding producer goes away from year one, enthused to make their first stumbling effort into electronic production, the year after they pick up more advice and direction and maybe exchange a demo or two.

No less radical is Mr. Bush's unilateralist foreign policy, his pre-emptive war doctrine and his stumbling efforts at nation-building in Iraq and Afghanistan.

C3 Business Digest C1 EDITORIAL A12-13 EditorialStumblinging efforts in East Timor; a broad ban on snowmobiles; the casino land shuffle; decline of the euro.

"At Last" takes place on the day of Patrick's mother's funeral, but flashes back to his harrowing childhood, his stints in rehab and his stumbling efforts to navigate marriage and fatherhood.

I am writing this in the grips of a profound headache, largely brought on by my stumbling efforts to get a grip on where we are with our economies.

Then one heard tales of the Kirov's stumbling efforts to stage the "Ring": productions by German directors of "Das Rheingold" and "Die Walküre" scrapped and exploratory discussions with still other stage directors.

"At Last" takes place on the day of Eleanor's funeral, but it features flashbacks of Patrick's life: his harrowing childhood, his time as a heroin addict (chronicled in far more detail in "Bad News"), his stints in rehab and suicide counseling, and his stumbling efforts to navigate marriage and fatherhood as he lurches into middle age.

PAGE A6 DANCING (CLUMSILY) WITH THE STARS Week after week, John Sergeant, a broadcast journalist by trade, won the hearts and votes of viewers despite the scorn of judges with his bungling, stumbling efforts on the BBC's top-rated weekend television program, "Strictly Come Dancing," the inspiration for "Dancing With the Stars".

He continued in spite of his own stumbling efforts, unfazed by the stares of the passers-by and the searing heat.