Sentence examples for were unable to catch from inspiring English sources

The woman who owned the bike and several others gave chase on foot but were unable to catch him.

Similarly, in the late nineteenth century, department stores like Macy's tried to enter the mail-order business that Sears had pioneered, but, since Sears had been designed around the mail-order business, its competitors were unable to catch up.

In that incident, Japanese coast guard and navy ships gave chase but were unable to catch the vessels, which were rigged as fishing boats but able to move at high speed.

The soldiers were unable to catch him in the act, but counterbattery radars pinpointed the field he was operating from, and Nagl's troops fired artillery and mortars at it one night.

The lander finally came to rest near a cliff, but the shady location meant that, except for a brief interlude in mid-2015, itsolarar panels were unable to catch the sun's rays.

Soon after the push-in robberies last summer, investigators staked out a block party that Mr. Bogel was expected to attend near White Plains Road and 241st Street, but gunfire and pandemonium erupted and investigators were unable to catch him.

"There is an India that is unable to catch up".

Mr. McGovern did so but was unable to catch up to Humphrey.

I'm sorry that I was unable to catch the first of this year's three programs.

A few inches higher, and perhaps Solano would have been unable to catch up to it.

Grow too slowly and you'll be unable to catch your friends when the game ends.