failure
Example Sentences
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“You’re a failure. You never had any talent in the first place. You didn’t deserve it. This is proof.”
From Salon
Manchester United did not have to play particularly well to beat Crystal Palace on Sunday, and Eagles boss Oliver Glasner moaned afterwards about the club's failure to bring players in over the summer.
From BBC
“We are in this fight, still,” he said over the weekend, “because of other people’s failures.”
Hundreds of Brussels residents took to the streets Monday to protest as the failure of squabbling politicians to form a regional city government topped a previous 541-day Belgian record.
From Barron's
There was a fear of failure - that is always a big concern.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
