Sentence examples for tendency to backfire from inspiring English sources

Psychological manipulation has a tendency to backfire.

"We have been arguing for some time that single-minded and draconian fiscal policies may be counterproductive and have a tendency to backfire," said Guido Mantega, the Brazilian finance minister.

But the Ramadan effect demonstrates that this power play has a natural tendency to backfire.

That decline is in part due to the weak economy, but it may also represent a tendency of draconian collection techniques to backfire.

This strategy seemed to backfire.

It is likely to backfire.

"It's going to backfire on him".

The slight seemed to backfire at first.

But the campaign appeared to backfire.

Playing politics with history tends to backfire.

But the leading proposal seemed to backfire.