Sentence examples for tried unsuccessful from inspiring English sources

When the third incarnation of the Peace Candle was built in 1990, Easton officials tried unsuccessful to seek a Guinness record for it.

On Wednesday, Circuit Court Judge Pat Siracusa tried unsuccessful to complete a bond hearing to decide whether Reeves would remain in the Pasco County Jail, where he has been since the shooting.

An exhausted Orthodox priest with a huge cross around his neck trudged between the lines, trying unsuccessful to bring calm.

Here's how it's going: Minutes after Benzema tries (unsuccessful) shot from 35 yards, Iniesta has one blocked away from 4 at the last moment.

Physical work--the realm from which traditional management theory emerged--is often characterized by high costs of experimentation: of changing work processes and of trying unsuccessful work processes.

He denied Mike Richards an angle on a first-period breakaway so thoroughly that Richards refrained from shooting, went behind the net and tried an unsuccessful carom shot.

One who arrived in 1972 was Bhagwanji Lakhani, who tried an unsuccessful ice lolly business before having the idea of opening a restaurant.

He tried an unsuccessful career in politics, studied for a BA in philosophy, worked in a petrol station and apparently "took part in Indian pow-wows throughout Michigan", before becoming a self-employed labourer.

Back when I gave a shit, every weight loss tactic I tried proved unsuccessful at getting rid of my gut.

He won a match on Raw after defeating Carlito on the May 11 episode before declaring his intention to win the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship; in the following weeks, Kendrick tried several unsuccessful pairings.

He was taken as a prisoner of war to Stalag VIII-B, from where he tried several unsuccessful escape attempts prior to making it to occupied Poland and joining the Polish Underground State as a guerrilla.