He narrowly failed to win but tried again two days later.

The motion failed narrowly, on a vote of 118 to 105.

Although the measure narrowly failed, its strong support was seen as a critical first step to possible victories in other states.

During the 1908 season, Crawford narrowly failed to complete his third double.

They came close to promotion once more in 2010-11 but narrowly failed finishing third.

The result was a surprise as most commentators had expected the bill to narrowly fail.

In the 1909 election he narrowly failed re-election as deputy.

The attempt on her life had failed only narrowly.

He retired as party leader having narrowly failed to become Taoiseach in 1965.

The previous season he had recorded his highest average, 34.78, but narrowly failed to reach a thousand runs.