Sentence examples for surprise failure from inspiring English sources

Possible major nominations: Supporting actor for Elba, two years after his surprise failure to get a nomination for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.

6.56pm GMT Tucker: no hard feelings Paul Tucker has taken his surprise failure to become Bank of England governor with good grace, reports the Wall Street Journal's David Enrich David Enrichh (@davidenrich) Statement from jilted Paul Tucker: "I warmly congratulate Mark Carney on his appointment to succeed Sir Mervyn King as Governor".

If we are to grow as people, for Taleb, we must experience surprise, failure and disappointment, and not be seduced into thinking that all consequences have already been anticipated on our behalf.

It was a little harsh on West Ham, who had been the better side for much of the game and will be left to rue Noble's surprise failure from the spot.

There were acquisitions, multiple investment rounds, lots of expansion, big strategic partnerships and some surprise failures.

It produced a grandstand finish between Webber and Nico Rosberg and the drama was heightened by Vettel's surprise car failure.

One savage advanced, sheltering himself behind a large pewter plate, but two bullets pierced it and he fell.31 Several others were shot, and, finding their attempt at a surprise a failure, the rest withdrew.

It's no surprise that failure hurts emotionally and often bruises your ego the most.

RBC dismissed the need to explain business cycles with price surprise, market failure, price stickiness, uncertainty, and instability.

22 Recently, HFE research in patient safety has focused on system resilience, 23 or 'the ability of systems to anticipate and adapt to the potential for surprise and failure'.

Nothing frustrates leaders more than being surprised by failure.