Miss Cranleigh, to do what your predecessors so lamentably failed to.

"We did visit Chlora once, with something like that in mind, but our attempt failed lamentably," Radnor admitted sheepishly.

We failed lamentably to break them down.

Actually and totally incidentally, I entered today a challenge with a friend: 'who will finish Ulysses first' (which we have both failed lamentably several times).

His intentions were above reproach had he been able to execute them, but in this he failed lamentably.

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

What you lamentably failed to do with the electoral system.

That is something that special educators have, so far, lamentably failed to offer disabled children and their families.

The Commission has responsibility to exercise those powers which it has quite clearly and lamentably failed to exercise up to now.

Failed lamentably, despite his arrogance and belief in himself.