fail miserably

And, as has happened many times before, they failed miserably.

Up to now all of his efforts had failed miserably.

People have tried for 30 years and they've failed miserably.

The professor decided to take a chance: and he failed miserably.

She didn't try very hard, and failed miserably as a result.

Many of us have tried to lose weight and failed miserably for one reason or another.

So far, I have failed miserably to catch him out.

I think he was trying to be funny, but failed miserably.

Trying to take his mind off everything that was wrong and failing miserably.

"But the wealth effect was put to a very significant test in 1987 and failed miserably."