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

As a portrait of a trailblazer, Costantini’s film shows us that heroes are fallible.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

The show is the story of an eccentric, big-hearted but fallible character, although Cullen had reservations about putting it on stage.

From BBC • May 30, 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