But John, despite my best efforts to help him at the last minute, failed dismally.

John failed dismally, however, when he set up any business with a partner.

Not only had her plan failed dismally, but she'd made a fool of herself as well.

The political establishment in that country has dismally failed its people, particularly the youth.

And the project failed dismally, for precisely the reasons I've mentioned.

He made one attempt to invade but this failed dismally.

All this began when my play failed so dismally.

But that idea was tried before and failed dismally.

But where the mighty minds of the world failed dismally, the Mirror got it right.

Some way behind me I heard the sound of somebody else trying to vault the fence, and failing dismally.