Sentence examples for that misfired from inspiring English sources

(For the Spaniards, the Czechs were guilty of gesture politics that misfired).

The only appetizer that misfired was grilled portobello on polenta, which sounded foolproof but tasted weirdly sweet, like a portobello Dunkin' Donut.

C6 Business Digest C1 EDITORIAL A28-29 EDrugrialawsDrug laws that misfired; ineffective humanitarian aid; Brent Staples on the gospel of academic excellence.

According to Time, Soviet-Chinese tensions forced Mao's embalmers to ask the Vietnamese, not the Russians, for advice -- a plan that misfired slightly when the Vietnamese could not explain how to build an air-tight coffin.

About the best that can be said for Romney is that, responding to the public statements from the U.S. Embassy in Egypt, he took a cynical tactical gamble that misfired after the protests in Libya took a tragic turn.

Bosnia-Herzegovina's first World Cup as an independent nation, though, is over and, while they railed about the officiating, the truth is they were undone by an insipid display at least partly brought about by a selection gamble that misfired.

"He was embarrassed to be out there," DiMarco said, dismissing Woods' claim that misfiring glutes had forced him to quit.

The poem contains a motif of "the mechanism", described as "Forever / Dividing that from this", and which can take the form of the camera or of the ancient gun that misfires in the speaker's hands.

Virginia Beach Voter Registrar Donna Patterson did not respond to HuffPost's request for comment, but she told The Virginian-Pilot that misfiring machines are put out of service once they're discovered.

"Suddenly we can send messages that could misfire, that anybody can see.

Like "Mission: Impossible," the early episodes have a recognizable structure, beginning with an opening gambit that misfires.