fallible

Example Sentences

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Clemency used to be a consistent failsafe for an often fallible system.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

Bentley leveled the playing field by creating a fallible detective against whom the reader could compete.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

There is perhaps no harm in title-challenging sides who are on long winning runs being reminded that they are fallible.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

Such struggles are reminders of how the Dodgers remain fallible in their pursuit of another World Series.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2025

They wanted to allow time for me to fall on my face and show that the former prisoner hailed as a savior was a highly fallible man who had lost touch with the present situation.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela