Sentence examples for this abortive from inspiring English sources

Yet this abortive French offensive had an indirect effect on the German plan.

I apologise for this abortive suspension of service, which means that our content today will be curtailed.

Ludovico's fall in 1499 sealed the fate of this abortive undertaking, which was perhaps the grandest concept of a monument in the 15th century.

Having witnessed this abortive pause before, I can tell you that it is terribly chilling.

The loss of prestige as a result of this abortive operation called for some sort of compensation.

If Turkey's modern history is any guide, then this abortive coup will lead to a major shakeup in the military hierarchy.

This was the abortive coup of June 1973.

"There is something funny and touching about this anarchic, abortive love affair, a chaotically doomed relationship that neither of the principals understand," writes our own Peter Bradshaw.

And there is something funny and touching about this anarchic, abortive love affair, a chaotically doomed relationship that neither of the principals understand, and it is the very muddled and messy quality of this relationship that announces that it is drawn from real life.

Moreover, in 1976, more than 200 recruits in New Jersey were infected by this lineage and the abortive epidemic was feared to have pandemic potential [6].

There is some risk that this ends up like the abortive uprisings in Hungary in 1956, in Czechoslovakia in 1968, or in southern Iraq in 1991.