flunk

Example Sentences

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It’s saying, “Oh, yay, I get to flunk another math test this week,” when what you mean is that you are freaked out about your consistently terrible grades in math class.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

“I would rather flunk a writing test than expose the pathetic secrets of my heart,” Malcolm writes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2023

This other teacher is going to flunk me.

From Scientific American • Oct. 13, 2022

In her first year at college, as she studied to be a nuclear engineer, her depression led her to flunk out and return home, too crippled to get out of bed.

From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2021

He was certain to flunk English this term, simply because English was mostly reading and he didn’t have time anymore to spend four or five hours every night reading a lousy book.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier