failings
Example Sentences
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Failings by the Met Police contributed to the deaths of serial killer Stephen Port's final three victims, an inquest jury has ruled.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2021
Failings and missed opportunities by the police often remain hidden.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2021
Failings that were noticeable in 1997 are doubly apparent today.
From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2017
Failings in the first days of the disaster as reactor buildings exploded and the fuel cores melted were also highlighted in yesteday’s hearing.
From BusinessWeek • Feb. 16, 2012
Thus the new Covenant I strictly kept, And oft in private for her Failings wept, Yet bore with seeming Cheerfulness those Cares, That bring a Man too soon to grisled Hairs.
From The Pleasures of a Single Life, Or, The Miseries of Matrimony by Anonymous
