failing

Example Sentences

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In the short programme he made two early errors, failing to land the triple toe loop in his first technical element.

From BBC

It’s safe, palatable and uninteresting — the result of Charli catering to the world and failing to trust her own vision.

From Salon

Lindsey Vonn's Winter Olympic dream ended in screams of pain on Sunday after she crashed out of the women's downhill, failing in her audacious bid to medal in her favoured discipline at the Milan-Cortina Games.

From Barron's

Extinction was projected only in hypothetical scenarios where very low juvenile survival occurred, with around 20% failing to reach adulthood, combined with extremely poor reproduction limited to a maximum of one chick per pair.

From Science Daily

The US has mediated two rounds of negotiations between the two sides in Abu Dhabi since January, brokering a major prisoner exchange but failing to reach a breakthrough on territory.

From Barron's