Sentence examples for would have backfired from inspiring English sources
If the government had tried to mandate generic substitution, it would have backfired.
Given their estrangement, any attempt to reach Howard through him would have backfired, he said.
A simple ban would have backfired — they had been through all that already with Cheryl, who was presently twenty years old and six months pregnant.
Epithets such as "liar" and "thief," which not long ago would have backfired on the person employing them, have become boringly common.
They said they were certain that the advertisement would have backfired on the Bush campaign, angering voters because it did not make clear the time or context of the interview.
Indeed, the Egyptians' eyeliner strategy would have backfired on them if they had lived long enough, she notes, as long-term exposure to lead may increase the risk of developing cataracts.
Coming from George Bush, such statements would likely have backfired, fuelling Chávez's anti-American bluster and serving to validate his claims of American arrogance and imperial aggression.
Maybe it wouldn't have been enough; maybe, clumsily handled, it could have backfired.
His salvo may have backfired".
