flunk

Example Sentences

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Her night terrors are causing her to flunk out of college, and her roommate demands that she go home and get some answers so that she can get some sleep.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2025

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

This other teacher is going to flunk me.

From Scientific American • Oct. 13, 2022

Quarles tried to make the tests more transparent and predictable for banks, including scrapping a "qualitative" objection that allowed the Fed to flunk lenders on subjective grounds.

From Reuters • Nov. 8, 2021

“I’ll do rotten in school. I’ll do so rotten, they’ll have to flunk me back to third grade.”

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli