Sentence examples for while I was failing from inspiring English sources
All of my Russian friends and relatives found nice, respectable jobs very quickly and progressed at them, while I was failing at everything that I attempted to do, from teaching elderly immigrants how to speak English to learning computer programming.
But while the negotiating has continued — mostly in closed-door sessions with few comments for the press, in keeping with Mr. Mitchell's close-to-the-vest style — reports in Israel, in particular, have focused on the claim that the Obama administration's pressure is alienating Israelis even while it is failing to sway Arabs.
Shilowich first ran across Chubbuck's story six years ago, in the middle of the night, while he was failing to write another screenplay about an unusual death.
Thain also remodeled his office for about $1.2 million while his company was failing.
It's worth noting that while that idea was failing, Senator McCain inexplicably called for the firing of the head of the Federal Elections Commission, Donald F. McGahn II.
All the while, Paterno's Grand Experiment was failing.
While Adams's heart was failing in Massachusetts, Jefferson had passed away some 5 hours earlier at Monticello from a variety of maladies.
Steinbrenner had several notable moments of bluster in his first few months as principal steward of the franchise while his father's health was failing.
The president said that "if I were running for office, I'm not sure how I'd explain to the American people" why Congress was failing to act while waiting for the United Nations to act.
Users of the new computer system had "little confidence", apparently, while the new shared service centre was failing to meet performance targets.
