The attempt backfired when instead of taking a shot at goal, a try was scored.

The attempt backfires resulting in the death of the two Latinos.

His attempt to hire a former prosecutor for her possible influence with that office has backfired.

But his attempt at outrage backfires when the show becomes a hit.

But any attempt at a quick fix would probably backfire.

In either case, he said, the attempt would backfire.

The attempt to embarrass her backfired: She stayed in the race.

But Shock insisted that any attempt to make an issue of it would backfire.

"Dad's attempt to make us do what he wants could backfire," Jake said.

Intense attempts to persuade someone at this stage to stop often backfire.