Sentence examples for that was dashed from inspiring English sources

Mr. Green said he became interested in health care after his wife was found to have thyroid cancer 10 years ago, and that he had originally hoped to build the World Product Centre near the World Trade Center — hence the word "Centre" in its name — a plan that was dashed by the 2001 terrorist attack.

It is an empathy not only of kith and kin, but also one born from a feeling that the huge injustice inflicted on the Palestinians is in some way a reflection of wider injustices experienced by Arabs and Muslims everywhere.The historical experience that Arabs share is of a struggle against colonialism, followed by a period of revolutionary zeal in the 1960s that was dashed by military defeat.

"Any hope of doing that was dashed by the involuntary bankruptcy petition that was filed," Mr. Palmer said.

But any chance of that was dashed on Saturday when a jury of 13 Methodist clergy members found that the Rev. Karen T. Dammann had not violated church law by being in a lesbian relationship.

But any hope of that was dashed on New Year's Eve when President Yeltsin, who had shown considerable flexibility in dealings with the administration, announced that he was stepping down and named Mr. Putin as his successor.

Finer first tried writing a song about a sailor missing his wife at Christmas but that was dashed on the rocks by his own wife, Marcia Farquhar, who called it "corny", says Finer. "So I said OK, you suggest a storyline and I'll write another one.

He said: "When you have hopes that are dashed, that's the most dangerous moment.

But hopes for that were dashed when Japan's foreign minister, Seiji Maehara, asserted Japan's control over the islands last week.

Steak a la Diane, like a half-remembered tune from bygone days, sets up pleasant expectations that are dashed by a neutral strip steak and halfhearted sauce.

The title "California" has no literal meaning in the choreography, but California as a state becomes a metaphor for expectations that are dashed.

[F06.1] The participants told illness narratives about their exacerbations (for example, being increasingly breathless and rushed into hospital) or a referral for assessment for lung transplantation (such as having high hopes that were dashed after complex assessments at a distant hospital).