Sentence examples for unsatisfactory draw from inspiring English sources

One, on the Korean peninsula, had ended in an unsatisfactory draw; the other, in Southeast Asia, in catastrophic defeat.

But having put themselves in such a parlous position thanks to the two unsatisfactory draws, England achieved the minimum requirement of survival and are now only one victory away from matching their performances under Sven-Goran Eriksson in 2002 and 2006.

New York ranked 22nd, and was among 37 states that drew an Unsatisfactory grade.

Yet the draw still felt unsatisfactory when it means a nine-point gap to Arsenal at the top of the league.

The draw was just as unsatisfactory for Sunderland, who were the better team for large periods of the game, and missed out on a chance to further close the gap on their relegation rivals.

Intent on becoming an artist, he twice failed the art academy's admission test; his drawing skills were declared "unsatisfactory".

After various drafts had been submitted that were felt to be unsatisfactory, Marx, serving on a subcommittee, drew upon his immense journalistic experience.

Whatever Europe ends up looking like in future, this random semi-final draw always has a faintly unsatisfactory feel.

We seek God now in flowers and good deeds, and the immensities of blue that surround the little scabs of land upon which we draw our lives to their unsatisfactory conclusions are suffused by science with vacuous horror.

33 Medical journals thus regularly drew attention to the 'remarkably unsatisfactory state of the law on this matter'.

However, because of the unsatisfactory power of the study, conclusions are to be drawn with caution.