Unsuccessful

Examples

• In that, however, they were unsuccessful. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Lee got troops back in time to protect his old line, so the assault was unsuccessful. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Under a series of wise men and heroes they wage a generally unsuccessful and never very united warfare against their enemies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• On the stairs I encountered Wemmick, who was coming down, after an unsuccessful application of his knuckles to my door. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• In a profession, where twenty fail for one that succeeds, that one ought to gain all that should have been gained by the unsuccessful twenty. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The enemy made several desperate attempts to dislodge us, all of which were unsuccessful, and for which he paid dearly. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• We heard that the attack to the south had been unsuccessful. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• He came back at night weary and unsuccessful. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• There was another attack just after daylight but it was unsuccessful. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• They said the last unsuccessful candidate at Middlemarch--Giles, wasn't his name? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Joe,' said Mr. Wardle, after an unsuccessful search in all his pockets, 'is my snuff-box on the sofa? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The beginning of mutual understanding and resolve seemed as far off as ever; nay, it seemed blocked out by the sense of unsuccessful effort. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Birney's troops to the right captured the enemy's intrenched picket-lines, but were unsuccessful in their efforts upon the main line. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It's years since I've kissed a bullfighter, even an unsuccessful one like thee, I would like to kiss an unsuccessful bullfighter turned Communist. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• No such thing, answered Frederick Lamb, I am unsuccessful there. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• But I was quite unsuccessful. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The boy gave the sausage to a peasant, who had very nearly seized it, and stood at the foot of the mast, blubbering, because he was unsuccessful. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The result is not death to the unsuccessful competitor, but few or no offspring. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The servants have been sent to search, and have returned unsuccessful. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Francis I made a long and unsuccessful siege of Pavia, was caught by fresh German forces, defeated, wounded, and taken prisoner. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The enemy's losses in these unsuccessful assaults were fearful. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• After the unsuccessful assault of the 22d the work of the regular siege began. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• His unsuccessful experiments occasion only a moderate loss to himself. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• That these early attempts were all unsuccessful is evidenced by the fact that at the great World’s Fair in London in 1851, the United Kingdom could not present a single reaping machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Much has been devoted to the futile efforts of unsuccessful business competition. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is another of Vicente Rojo, the unsuccessful professor's, masterpieces. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• At the end of ten years of prophesying, Muhammad found himself a man of fifty, and altogether unsuccessful in Mecca. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I have known him to reverse an unsuccessful experiment and come out all right. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In the beginning, our fathers had only the flesh of animals to subsist on, and if their hunting was unsuccessful, they were starving. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The Copeland brothers are to be credited with the first attempt to produce the motorcycle upon a commercial basis, but their efforts were unsuccessful. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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