She tried to be as casual as her brother, and failed lamentably.

All his most determined efforts to wriggle it straight failed lamentably.

Viewed from the standpoint of the State itself, undoubtedly it fails lamentably in statesmanship.

But the two stories surmounting this failed lamentably to carry on the pretentious design.

There are many occasions when the atmosphere fails lamentably as a medium for carrying messages.

She had tried it before, and had failed lamentably.

He had failed lamentably of reaching either one.

But even Wecker's 'De Secretis' fails lamentably when it comes to producing whirlwinds or men in armour.

One point where the Titanic management failed lamentably was to provide a properly trained crew to each lifeboat.

Here his education failed lamentably.

But, sadly, this programme and others like it have failed lamentably in their core objective of opening up college entry.

They were smart and quick and at times compassionate and even understanding, but they failed lamentably in many other ways.

"'Tis a mad idea," I said, trying to speak angrily, and failing lamentably.

The personal note of every one of his great tragedies is that Shakespeare feels he has failed in life, failed lamentably.

When Shakespeare has to render Hotspur's impatience he does it superbly, when he has to render Hotspur's courage he fails lamentably.

Hence it frequently happens at Parliamentary elections that a candidate whose meetings are enthusiastic and well attended fails lamentably at the poll.