abortive

Example Sentences

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Unfortunately, that event plays like another device as does an abortive attempt to hang himself on his mum’s birthday.

From Los Angeles Times

The Dalai Lama fled to India in 1959 following an abortive uprising against Chinese rule and his supporters have documented human rights abuses in Tibet related to an ongoing security crackdown.

From Seattle Times

Nothing has damaged the chances of meaningful change more than their abortive attempt to corral as much of the game’s wealth as possible to their own ends.

From New York Times

Rights groups and Turkey's Western allies have voiced alarm over the crackdown, saying President Tayyip Erdogan has used the abortive coup as a pretext to quash dissent.

From Reuters

Arizona Senate Republicans are running an abortive “audit” of the vote in their state, a mockery of process and common sense bankrolled and conducted by election conspiracists.

From Washington Post