Examples of 'unsuccessfully sought' in a sentence
Meaning of "unsuccessfully sought"
To have made attempts to find or acquire something, but without success. It suggests that the person tried to obtain or search for something, but their efforts did not yield the desired outcome
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Algerian authorities unsuccessfully sought his extradition.
He unsuccessfully sought military service with Emperor Maximilian there.
He then moved to Berlin where he unsuccessfully sought performances of his works.
She unsuccessfully sought employment closer to her residence.
He also lectured at Oxford, and unsuccessfully sought a teaching position there.
Funk unsuccessfully sought to disclaim responsibility for the scheme.
For over two decades, Pakistan has unsuccessfully sought to promote that objective.
Hill unsuccessfully sought to block the appointment of the special prosecutor.
Alondra Luna & apos ; s family has unsuccessfully sought an apology from the judge.
Jelaca unsuccessfully sought assistance from most international organisations and Western embassies in BiH.
Nick Xenophon 's new SA Best party unsuccessfully sought to obtain the balance of power.
It also unsuccessfully sought to obtain support from both the Americans and the British.
That he diligently, but unsuccessfully sought employment ;.
Pedro I unsuccessfully sought to avoid bloodshed by offering to placate the rebels.
Robert Briscoe, an Irish-Jewish politician, unsuccessfully sought a legal loophole to stay the execution.
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Culleton unsuccessfully sought a stay of the sequestration order in the High Court.
The agencies were similarly critical when Sprint unsuccessfully sought to acquire T-Mobile in 2014.
Estonian unsuccessfully sought a pet for three years.
Following that judgment, i-21 and Arcor unsuccessfully sought repayment of the fees which they had paid.
Tooth unsuccessfully sought a ruling from the Industrial Relations Commission that the honeypot would be banned.
Then governor of Michigan, George Romney unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 1968.
She unsuccessfully sought a second four-year term in office in the 2010 Maui mayoral election.
Prosecutors had unsuccessfully sought a harsher penalty.
Navarro unsuccessfully sought a place on the Coalició CompromÃs list for the 2011 Spanish general election.
While in England the generals unsuccessfully sought a modification of the peace terms concluded in Pretoria.
Walsh unsuccessfully sought re-election in 2012 and was succeeded by Democrat Tammy Duckworth.
The defense unsuccessfully sought a new trial.
The accused unsuccessfully sought admission into the witness protection program.
Unions said they unsuccessfully sought negotiations with management.
He also unsuccessfully sought appointment as Ambassador to Italy.
He returned to medicine, but unsuccessfully sought the nomination for Congress in 1868.
Carroll had unsuccessfully sought to collaborate with Sullivan on an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland.
During this period he unsuccessfully sought positions at Cambridge and as astronomer royal.
There he unsuccessfully sought service with the Emperor Maximilian.
For four years Gerry unsuccessfully sought the governorship of Massachusetts.
Weyerhaeuser unsuccessfully sought to revoke or amend the Director 's Order before the Environmental Review Tribunal.
Later during World War II he unsuccessfully sought a production partnership with director Leo McCarey.
Bauer unsuccessfully sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2000.
At trial he unsuccessfully sought to exclude this evidence.
Guerrero, 34, unsuccessfully sought amnesty from FIFA president Gianni Infantino during a visit to Switzerland this week.
On numerous occasions, he unsuccessfully sought conditional or temporary release from custody.
In 2017 he unsuccessfully sought to return to the House of Commons for his former constituency.
Percival refused, but unsuccessfully sought authority to surrender from his superiors.
Shriver unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976.
In Copenhagen, he unsuccessfully sought to become a navy cadet.
In 1906 he unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for governor of New Hampshire.
For years, Fayed unsuccessfully sought British citizenship.
Hamutenya had unsuccessfully sought the SWAPO nomination for President in 2004.
As minister, he unsuccessfully sought to privatize the Japanese postal system.
And, like Parry, he unsuccessfully sought to find the Northwest Passage.
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It started to rain and we sought shelter at a teahouse
He sought the spectacular in the act of painting
