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That a stunning running forehand by Murray in the third game of the fifth set stands out vividly in the memory says much for the collection of ill-directed and poorly hit shots either side of it – from both players.

Andy Murray lives dangerously for US Open survival against Robin Haase 2011

The Hungry Folk tried to check the rush with an ill-directed volley, while the Mandells hurled in

THE SUNLANDERS 2010

The children ran down the beach in advance of her, and as the man in the bidarka drew closer, nearly capsizing with one of his ill-directed strokes, the women followed.

Nam-Bok, the Unveracious 2010

The children ran down the beach in advance of her, and as the man in the bidarka drew closer, nearly capsizing with one of his ill-directed strokes, the women followed.

NAM-BOK THE UNVERACIOUS 2010

Through a disorganised and ill-directed sherpa process a document emerged that became the Accord.

Copenhagen climate failure blamed on 'Danish text' 2010

And even the hairiest types quite often endure surprising hardships in the way of sleeping rough and the like, with a kind of self-discipline which may appear strangely ill-directed but is nevertheless there.

Buddhism and Sex by M. O'C. Walshe William Harryman 2009

But now, instead of laughing at Democrats 'ill-directed arrogance, Republicans are quietly joining the left in questioning the President's intellectual prowess.

Joe Scarborough: Is Bush an idiot? 2009

And even the hairiest types quite often endure surprising hardships in the way of sleeping rough and the like, with a kind of self-discipline which may appear strangely ill-directed but is nevertheless there.

Archive 2009-07-19 William Harryman 2009

Presumably nerves are raw, for the class hatred to be so naked I am not from any of the priviledged backgrounds you so despise, so it is ill-directed.

Timpson Towers: Not Wet Paper Bag in the Road 2008

Not only have we had to suffer an uniquely bad government but we have been thus saddled at a time when the opposition has also been weak and ill-directed.

Sobering Words Peter Troy 2008