faulty action
Example Sentences
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Their father had no habit of complaint if the machinery creaked and even caused the walls to shudder with faulty action.
From The Prisoner by Brown, Alice
The failure of either the carburetor or igniting means to function properly will be immediately apparent by faulty action of the power plant.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred
The only way to correct faulty action of any part of the vocal mechanism is to go back into mentality and remove the cause.
From The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing by Clippinger, D. A. (David Alva)
If he begins to teach himself, he will certainly acquire faulty action, which will settle to habit.
From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.
Every blemish on the beauty of a vocal tone, every fine shade of quality which detracts from its perfection, indicates to the critical hearer some faulty action of the singer's vocal organs.
From The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern by Taylor, David C. (David Clark)
