unsuccessfully

Facts bore out this assertion, for at daybreak on Wednesday, the 18th, Grant again unsuccessfully assaulted Lee's centre and left.

Foreign and Colonial Intelligence 1864

  Mousavi, who claimed to have won the election, complained of widespread voter fraud, and called unsuccessfully for a new vote.

Iranian Media Warned to Avoid Mention of Opposition Leaders 2010

It's an old one that we've used successfully and unsuccessfully, that is the Iraqi military and police take over more and more of the responsibilities.

CNN Transcript Mar 1, 2008 2008

Instead, defence lawyers for Sesay - who had called unsuccessfully for the court to compel Kabbah to take the stand - presented the court with a witness statement by the former president.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

He took his position public in 2001, calling unsuccessfully for an independent panel to review the law.

The Seattle Times 2012

In the Dáil this week, Donegal TD Joe McHugh called unsuccessfully for the government to provide the money.

Northern Ireland Local News 2009

Do you honestly believe someone with real ties to Al Queda would "unsuccessfully" drive a car bomb into Times Square (a "bomb" that every expert has said was terribly put together and only "mildly" explosive)?

Evening Buzz: Times Square Terror Suspect Arrested 2010

If we "unsuccessfully" went after Mary Cheney last year then why are you writing about it?

06/06/2005 2005

I travel twice a week and I'm getting tired of people bringing the kitchen sink along and smashing it into my head and shoulders as they try to lift it "unsuccessfully" into the overhead bins ...

Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local infidel91 2010

I travel twice a week and I'm getting tired of people bringing the kitchen sink along and smashing it into my head and shoulders as they try to lift it "unsuccessfully" into the overhead bins ...

Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local ingenious_21 2010