She tried unsuccessfully to persuade him to buy a new car. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an unsuccessful person; an unsuccessful venture. From Dictionary.com.
Facts bore out this assertion, for at daybreak on Wednesday, the 18th, Grant again unsuccessfully assaulted Lee's centre and left. From Wordnik.com. [Foreign and Colonial Intelligence] Reference
In the Dáil this week, Donegal TD Joe McHugh called unsuccessfully for the government to provide the money. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Ireland Local News] Reference
Mousavi, who claimed to have won the election, complained of widespread voter fraud, and called unsuccessfully for a new vote. From Wordnik.com. [Iranian Media Warned to Avoid Mention of Opposition Leaders] Reference
If we "unsuccessfully" went after Mary Cheney last year then why are you writing about it?. From Wordnik.com. [06/06/2005] Reference
SGI, which Lerach once sued unsuccessfully, denies the charge. From Wordnik.com. [The Lawyer Ceos Love To Hate] Reference
Ghosn was even recruited (unsuccessfully) by Ford's CEO, Bill Ford. From Wordnik.com. [Detroit Reloaded] Reference
She says she and Clinton searched unsuccessfully for an empty room. From Wordnik.com. [The Legal Lowdown] Reference
Both Eustachy and Price pleaded, unsuccessfully, for second chances. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Grown, Supposedly Mature Men Gone Wild] Reference
I tried, unsuccessfully, to track her down in the weeks that followed. From Wordnik.com. [What Rielle Hunter Told Me] Reference
No major figure has run for president longer, or more unsuccessfully, than Dole. From Wordnik.com. [Last Call] Reference
Didn't Singapore try trading Hong Kong futures unsuccessfully before the crisis hit?. From Wordnik.com. [Tigers And Kittens] Reference
In 1989 Ingram came to his senses and sought unsuccessfully to withdraw his guilty plea. From Wordnik.com. [Speaking Of The Devil] Reference
After his layoff two years ago, Sean spent months unsuccessfully looking for a similar job. From Wordnik.com. [She Works, He Doesn't] Reference
Last year, Ford Motor CEO Bill Ford Jr. unsuccessfully courted Ghosn to run his family firm. From Wordnik.com. [Battle in the Boardroom] Reference
Some women conceive easily after 40, and others in their 20s struggle for years unsuccessfully. From Wordnik.com. [Should You Have Your Baby Now?] Reference
He and his wife, Jennifer, had been trying unsuccessfully for a year and a half to get pregnant. From Wordnik.com. [INFERTILITY: A GUY THING] Reference
The other two are kids who tried unsuccessfully to land career jobs and drifters with no firm plans. From Wordnik.com. [Japan's Young Slackers] Reference
In 1983 Mowlam stood unsuccessfully for a seat in Parliament from Newcastle, where she was teaching. From Wordnik.com. [The Mo Show] Reference
"But after that mission is over, successfully or more likely unsuccessfully, we'll have a lot to say.". From Wordnik.com. [Capitol Letter: Why Congress Is Mum On The Mideast] Reference
In the movie, mobster Dutch Schultz pays off Dewey; in reality Schultz plotted unsuccessfully to kill him. From Wordnik.com. [He's No Crook] Reference
Thornburgh and his aides tried hard, if unsuccessfully, to fend off the House Banking Committee's investigation. From Wordnik.com. [Iraqgate: What Went Wrong] Reference
After unsuccessfully jumping a septuagenarian, one can only assume the motorists suffered severely bruised egos. From Wordnik.com. [Newsmakers] Reference
The family sued unsuccessfully to terminate his guardianship, which grants him authority over Terri's medical care. From Wordnik.com. [Who Has The Right To Die?] Reference
After getting wind of the Greenquest probe, the FBI stepped in and unsuccessfully tried to take control of the case. From Wordnik.com. [Terror Watch: Whose War On Terror?] Reference
He says nearly 500 holes have been drilled in Israel in the past 50 years by geologists looking, unsuccessfully, for oil. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
Since 2002, Beijing has lobbied Washington — thus far unsuccessfully — to put additional groups on the terror roster. From Wordnik.com. [The Usual Suspects?] Reference
Meanwhile, conservative legislators tried, unsuccessfully, to counter with a bill that would have banned adoptions by gays. From Wordnik.com. [The Limits Of Tolerance?] Reference
Diller (a director of The Washington Post Company, which owns NEWSWEEK) tried unsuccessfully to take over Paramount and CBS. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting In The Wings] Reference
When Giuliani ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1989 and successfully in 1993, the Conservative Party ran candidates against him. From Wordnik.com. [Vertiginous In New York] Reference
Keeping them occupied is perhaps the main contribution of U.N. officials to the local economies they are unsuccessfully advising. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Thing Iraqis Need] Reference
His proposal: that Congress reconsider a plan he and former California congressman Richard Pombo put forth unsuccessfully in 2006. From Wordnik.com. [An Oily Mess] Reference
What few people knew, however, was that Levin had tried unsuccessfully to persuade Fuchs to relinquish HBO, two company sources say. From Wordnik.com. [One More Stab At It] Reference
By 1974 when he ran unsuccessfully for Congress at the age of 28, Clinton was able to tap a national network of astonishing breadth. From Wordnik.com. [THE INNER CIRCLE] Reference
For all the fuss, Patten can still publish: Macmillan, which bid unsuccessfully for the rights, has offered to take over the project. From Wordnik.com. [China-Shy?] Reference
NEWSWEEK has learned that Lazard unsuccessfully approached veteran banker Robert Greenhill, who was once Rattner's boss at Morgan Stanley. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair-Haired Banker] Reference
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