How To Use Failing In A Sentence

Before you know it, all the Sandy Clarks and Billy Starks doing the media rounds are back in business until the next time they are given their jotters for failing to meet fans' expectations.
Failing to detain him could actually amount to abuse. The Sun
And this, to my mind, is his distinctive failing as a writer: that he has exalted charm and mannerliness above all else.
Moreover, don't these choices facilitate a feminist reading of the text, deconstructing sentimentality to expose masculine failings and feminine rebellion?
He then accused the powers that be of failing to appreciate younger people's culture.

She was accused of failing to keep her promise to work with the aviation industry to improve the choice of destinations.
Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, who dropped out after failing to attract enough money or support.
The schedule shows the last tender as being at 3 a.m., with a warning that passengers will be responsible for any expense occurred by failing to re-embark before the set time for departure.
Ask a friend to recommend a doctor or, failing that, ask for a list in your local library.
The FSA has been trying for years to claim a big scalp as part of a failing effort to stamp out insider trading. Times, Sunday Times
Failing to do so imperils his chances by giving us nothing to be excited about, much less to work for and a likely dismal voter turnout.
Each has written compellingly on this subject, yet each has been unselfishly and unfailingly supportive as we explored terrain that they already knew well. American Grace
In winter it's a wildlife haven; even in the harshest weather it affords a rarely failing food source.
A Carlow man was fined an accumulative sum of £150 for failing to have a tachograph on his lorry and having no tax displayed on his vehicle.
About flaws, failings, and sins in your life that perhaps only your husband know and see? Christianity Today
The group claims the airlines neglected their duty of care by failing to take adequate steps to prevent passengers developing economy class syndrome.
However, the developer "faulted" on their agreement with the city and the MEDC by failing to purchase the "transfer site" under the given deadline. Undefined
Failing that, and still believing that you are a victim in this whole lash-up, I am going to contact a federal agent who has exposed a number of phonies Peter Sumaruck II
I'm desperately trying to recall examples to illustrate any of this, and completely failing.
Another potential limitation of this study was the dropout rate, with 30% of subjects failing to complete all three treatment arms.
When a government takes control of a failing firm and injects capital but with the plan to divest as soon as practicable, that is a receivership/conservatorship, not socialism. abb1 says: Matthew Yglesias » Americans Don’t Like “Socialism” But Many Democrats Do
The committee yesterday launched a scathing attack on British business for failing to invest.
I have found myself pacing around trying but failing to find things to do to keep my mind occupied, occasionally popping into the nursery in a fatherly manner to make sure that the useless door hinge has not failed on the tallboy.
It would be absurd to blame Aristotle for his conceptual poverty: poverty is a lack, not a failing.
He is alleged to have resisted arrest after failing a breath test and was taken away in handcuffs. The Sun
He was always attentive to the need to maintain the highest standards, generous with his time and unfailingly courteous. Times, Sunday Times
He was charged with failing to provide a specimen. The Sun
He had compounded a number of venial failings with the mortal sin of adultery.
That alarmed the conservationists while failing to satisfy the engineers.
Jim was not in the mood for any more liquor or food, and simply sat, trying and failing not to clasp and unclasp his hands nervously. Starcraft II: Devils’ Due
An University may consider disaffiliating a college or institution failing to curb ragging.
What's worse is that the insider source was used to say that she was a certainty for the role and the article went onto hammer her and what they called her failing career. Filmstalker: Beckinsale wins Barbarella libel case
Races, which was written by a number of MGM contract writers including George Seaton (who later went on to write and direct Miracle on 34th Street), seems to me to soften the Brothers up quite a bit more; Groucho's less of a * schnorrer*, Chico has a real job (working at the sanitarium), as does Harpo (a jockey?!), and their goals are even nobler: they don't just want to help out young lovers, they want to save a failing sanitarium from the evil businessman. I Had that Same Horse When I Had My Eyes Examined
It sustained her in the last years when failing health was increasing her physical dependency. Times, Sunday Times
‘There is a rule stipulating that water tanks should be cleaned twice a year, but some managers are failing to do this and others are only doing it in a slipshod way,’ Xu said.
The failing to do this is the greatest mistake of the present generation, for if girls be capable of nothing but morbid sentiment or what we term flirtation, they will naturally look to matrimony as their destiny and as a means of support -- a self-abasement from which no woman can fully recover, even under the most favorable circumstances. How to Train Girls.
If a ward is failing then the inspector is held accountable and moved on. Police Do As They Are Told Shock!!!! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
The system is catastrophically failing to end the vicious circle of criminality. Times, Sunday Times
Failing to recognize the dark side of humanity dooms us to repeat those failings.
For the pain of failing to catch some shut-eye at night is known only to those unlucky ones who experience sleep disorders.
an unfailing source of good stories
Belief in malleable intelligence is no free lunch - it could easily lead students to waste years of their lives trying and failing. You Can Do Anything You Put Your Mind To: A Noble Lie?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
The factory was closed for failing to comply with government safety regulations.
One'friend' of the magazine called the unions hypocrites for failing to deliver on a salary rise. Times, Sunday Times
Faced with the reality of being alone for the first time she talked openly and honestly with John about her feelings: her disgust with herself, her fear of failing at her job, her growing conviction that her childlessness was a punishment, and the frequent wish that she could simply die and put an end to her misery. Alcohol and The Addictive Brain
Then get him a ride home, or failing that, plunk him on the nearest sofa.
After failing to get to the girls, Waddington ran from her home screaming to the neighbours for help just before the house was completely engulfed in flames and smoke.
They were reported missing last week after failing to return on their scheduled flight. Times, Sunday Times
Then, every Republican Party bigwig, in an effort to explain away their own failings, or the failure of the policies they advocated, will say, "Oh, well, let's remember, it was a pretty weak field. The 2012 Speculatron Weekly Roundup For Aug. 26, 2011
Three admirals and a top Navy civilian will be cited for failing to act on reports of sexual assaults.
The state also cited Cobalt's miners for failing to wear their air packs, called self-contained self-rescuers, and for failing to have a cache of the devices within reach. TV series 'Coal' brings citations, new business to Cobalt
Yesterday he admitted four driving offences, criminal damage and failing to provide a breath test sample to officers. The Sun
He'd wasted valuable years in failing to come here sooner, and learning this essential fact about himself: that he was no desperado at all. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
Suite 88 is still my chocolate source of choice near the hotel, but seabream and I made it to Juliette et Chocolat (after trying and failing with redbird, cattitude, and timprov), and it is certainly worth attention. Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway
Caitlin O’Toole at News. com.au outlines ten things bosses hate about employees, from big-picture errors like failing to meet deadlines to personal problems such as smelling bad (telling a staff member they reek is never a fun meeting). Why your boss doesn’t like you | Lifehacker Australia
It is increased in failing human hearts and contributes to the loss of the heart's contractile strength during the development of heart failure.
Grammy award winner Rod Stewart whispers to Joy Behar during a recent interview, failing to realize that the mike is still on. Carole Mallory: 'Some Guys Have All the Luck': Memories of Rod Stewart
Ministers want to see 200 academies set up to replace failing schools by 2010, partly supported by some of the richest people in the country.
The family were evicted from their house for failing to pay the rent.
The Government is failing to deliver on its commitments to protect wildlife and green spaces, according to a coalition of environment groups. Times, Sunday Times
When she tried to look at anything else, the imperfections and the failings leapt out at her, the single thread unravelling in the otherwise perfect tapestry.
The river is designated as a European Special Area of Conservation for its water crowfoot communities but, like many of England's rivers and lakes, it is failing to meet the Government's environmental targets.
The family were evicted from their house for failing to pay the rent.
He calls her "shrewish", "looking (and failing, evidently) to find someone or something in ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
You must be losing it by now, crumbling under my assault, failing like the loser you are!
Do not apologize as your weaknesses, failings and gaps in your c.v. are thrown at you.
Fans were delighted to hear their old adversary, Argentina, had crashed out of the tournament by failing to beat Sweden.
Research also suggests that doctors are failing to offer women a choice of other contraceptives despite a multimillion-pound drive to promote patches and long-term injections. Times, Sunday Times
FAMILY doctors are failing to spot telltale signs of bowel cancer, a study has found. The Sun
Their discipline and good behaviour was unfailing.
We are unjust people (having imaginary arguments strikes me as a bit lacking in proportion, not so mention meagerness of world), and so we are continually confused into failing to give unto each thing its due. Fairness and Justice « Unknowing
By failing to integrate the individual socially, modernity has forced the individual to mask himself.
Failing to win the support of his housemates, Mike descends from the roof, giving Clair a nasty shock in the process.
That is partly a failing of the careers service in schools, he says. Times, Sunday Times
He is the last man to concede that it is flawed or failing as a concept. Times, Sunday Times
Whatever mojo Campbell had conjured up previously, his methods were now clearly failing.
Phelps was accused of failing to “demean himself” (= behave) properly, but he has certainly succeeded, then and since then, in demeaning (= debasing) himself. The Volokh Conspiracy » The Disbarment of Fred Phelps
The most recent outpourings have suggested that his marriage is failing, a claim the couple refute. Times, Sunday Times
That is why Hayward and his cadres imposed mandatory reselection on parliamentary candidates and attempted (only just failing) to remove from the parliamentary leadership any say in compiling the election manifesto. How my party was betrayed by KGB boot-lickers
This study found that adolescent girls are failing to ingest the daily adequate intake level, as most adolescents are consuming more carbonated soft drinks than milk.
He said: ‘The sheer effrontery of Kennet in failing to consult even the local members beggars belief.’
The group claims current laws are failing children and fathers and wants better parenting rights for fathers.
Growing up and finding out their failings came as a huge shock to me. Times, Sunday Times
I can get as caught up as anyone in this country 's failings and all the little injustices that blight our lives. The Sun
Real's defence of the cup has so far been unconvincing, even in last week's defeat of the Russians, but they are in little danger of failing to qualify.
They have little to offer beyond tired bromides about needing more money for capacity building, innovative partnerships, and a host of other buzzwords that make no difference in the lives of children who attend failing schools.
Supposing, just for a second, that we take these metaphors literally; what we would basically be saying is that God -- that Supreme Being, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient -- is the real evil, while Lucifer and Christ were both good guys, both trying but failing to wake humanity up to its daimonic -- which is to say divine -- potential. THE HALLS OF PENTHEUS -- PART ONE
Blair Nimmo: ‘Throughout 2003 we have seen a marked reduction in the number of Scottish businesses failing,’.
He told the story of what had occurred as if it were a natural phenomenon, not mechanical failing or human error.
This exceptional but as yet uncelebrated baritone rejoices in a lean, spinning, perfectly focused tone of unfailing natural beauty and vibrancy, while his grasp of Verdi style and phrasing is all but complete.
Almost all ambulance trusts are failing to reach dying patients fast enough as long queues at accident and emergency departments cause delays. Times, Sunday Times
Sport is littered with examples of top players failing to become effective managers. Times, Sunday Times
It is not morally defensible to recycle failing teachers around the system. Times, Sunday Times
A more self-assured, unfailingly polite and mannerly man never existed.
Critics panned the Government for failing to do enough to keep the business. The Sun
Are we engaging in "presentism" and failing to understand what was done in other times and places if we assume that unmarried men who have no apparent intimate relationships with women had a homosexual orientation whether acted upon or not? Was Washington Irving gay?
Sufferers from the disease have failing mental powers and poor memories.
Councillors are as much at fault for the failings of particular services in the borough as the officers who run them.
It is an equal failing to trust everybody and trust nobody.
People criticise her as being a sort of vapid, attention seeking pseudo-feminist man-hater, failing, I think, to recognise the context within which she became important.
It demands a kind of distance from the observer, an objective evaluation of its virtues and failings.
My memory will be of an unfailingly courteous, generous and lovable man who kept his powder dry but out of sight. Times, Sunday Times
The document highlighted failings in a government pledge to deport dangerous offenders once they have served their sentence. The Sun
Greenpeace claim that the Authority is failing in its statutory duty to gather the necessary evidence to enforce the law.
The guidance comes after recent court rulings exposed failings in the system that had eroded public trust. Times, Sunday Times
Voicing various concerns, including claims that Capital was "overpaying" for the shopping centre and transferring control to Peel "while failing to extract a premium for it", the US group's chief executive, David Simon, said the company was "disappointed by the profound value destruction proposed to be inflicted on CSC and its shareholders". The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
After failing in a defamation case against the West Australian newspaper - which called him a ‘lying, canting humbug’ - he left Western Australia in disgrace.
This judicious figure surgically exposed the failings of the bank. Times, Sunday Times
The family were evicted from their house for failing to pay the rent.
Not only were their animated "masterworks" failing to live up to their flawless ancestry, but their live action efforts -- Filmcritic.com Movie Reviews
Participating in a procession and knowingly failing to comply with a condition imposed, or inciting another to do so. 4.
The announcement was welcomed by environmental campaigners, who had criticised the government for failing to back up support for natural flood defences with cash for projects. Times, Sunday Times
His work revealed how a failing heart causes severe breathlessness, impairs quality of life, and leads to frequent hospitalisation.
Failing eyesight finally forced her into an old people's home.
None of these huge losses would have been possible without catastrophic failings in the bank's structure. Times, Sunday Times
The right to silence is and is no more than an immunity from adverse inferences from failing to answer an accusation or question or evidence.
Mr Longbottom said many smaller firms in the district had suffered due to the effects of larger PLCs going into liquidation and failing to pay unsecured creditors.
Ask a friend to recommend a doctor or, failing that, ask for a list in your local library.
The Men were outside his cage trying to open it but failing because the branch had buckled it.
Failing health bodies will be named and shamed when the cancer data is officially released this month. The Sun
Failing to manage your credit report and score can be like throwing money down the drain. Times, Sunday Times
A broad reading would leave much more to the discretion of Congress, and arguably embrace the kinds of nonofficial failings for which Clinton stood exposed.
He continued to play and record and, despite failing eyesight, he performed with his customary verve once he was perched on a stool on stage. Times, Sunday Times
But at the same time, this administration has a list of just -- of just absolutely absurd complicities in all sorts of issues, including, failing on border security, pressing ahead with SVP, the North American Union. CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2007
A solicitor is not necessarily to be regarded as having misconducted himself by failing to honour an undertaking.
In February, Data Protection commissioner Joe Meade announced that he had successfully prosecuted two legal firms for failing to register as data controllers.
The nightmare shutdown scenario, still a few weeks away, would involve Congress failing to raise the national debt ceiling and possibly an unprecedented government debt default.
Failing all else, its feet will provide some indication of its ultimate adult size.
He criticised the make-up of the panel for failing to include anyone with experience in tabloid journalism. Times, Sunday Times
The blunt warning came as business leaders blasted the Coalition for failing to boost growth. The Sun
Yet we pay far more attention to our politicians than we do to our churchmen, and the Church of Scotland is failing, and failing fast.
There may be lassitude in the federal response to natural disaster, but that is not the same as culpability, and still less is it culpability for the failings the critics invariably cite.
The part where you said you were overcome and ended up in a hospital intrigued me, I'm looking for a game where failing doesn't give you the game over screen, where failing and recouping your losses is all part of the game. War stories from Mosate Soleo
If there are any government-run financial rescue operations in the future, the administration says, they should be funded by the financial industry - and they shouldn't be bailouts but "breakups" that liquidate the failing firm and fire its executives. Statesman.com - Highschool
But if an autopsy shows his mother died of natural causes the charge will be reduced to failing to report a death. The Sun
It saves them from examining the manifest failings in their own actions
The car insurance sector has proved adept at changing but flood insurance is static and failing the public. Times, Sunday Times
In this particular sp, sql was failing because, i was not providing the correct parameter but i had to do the 'breakpoint' in my code to know that. .i was expecting, if sql was erroring out b/c of wrong parameter, it shud have gone to the sql-catch and wud have come back with value 1 to c# DAL code, which in turn was suppose to be assigned to the ASP.NET Forums
The insurgent group posted a statement on its English-language Web site Tuesday that linked the longtime diplomat's demise to what it called a failing war. Taliban blames Holbrooke death on war 'failures'
He faces a four-year ban after failing a drugs test at the Barcelona Olympics.
The food was standard hotel fare, failing miserably to live up to the mouth-watering eloquence of the descriptions on the menu.
Some of the company, however, regard this as too profound, and after trying their skill at the cottabus betake themselves to the never failing chances of dice. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life
While the debate rages on about the use of the N-word, what a lot of people are failing to see is the die-hard truth behind her sketches.
The person in charge of ensuring the security of the computer network that Bradley Manning worked on in Iraq was officially admonished earlier this year for failing to accredit and certify the system. Bradley Manning hearing told of security failings at Iraq base
It will soon be well known that the surest way to inflict pain upon you is to extol the excellences or to dwell on the happiness of others, and your failings will be considered an amusing subject for jesting observation to experimentalize upon. The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends
Given the growing number of failing establishments that were downsizing their labor forces, the timing was not right to shove a wage increase (even if a small one) down the throat of business.
The study that exposed these failings is not alone. The Sun
Opportunity is a source of damage, failing, regret or remorse for those who abuse or misuse it. Dr T.P.Chia
The taxi operators accuse government of failing to issue permits to taxi operators, and then impounding their vehicles for not having permits.
The Ministry of Information accused Nasha Niva of publishing what it called an erroneous report about authorities failing to evacuate one of the victims of Monday's attacks for several hours. Belarus subway bombing death toll rises to 13
They were chucked out of the club for failing to pay the membership dues.
Any disciplinary action taken for failing to follow procedure would be eclipsed by the success of his capture.
Your failing to note her mistakes is a serious omission.
Obama's policies are certainly worthy of objurgation, especially his grievous misjudgment at the end of 2009 to cast an additional 30,000 troops into the Afghan abyss in support of a failing counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy. Michael Hughes: Bush Created A No-Win Situation in Afghanistan for Obama
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He had spoken rather forcefully and now fell back on his pillow, aching in the cancered prostate, in his failing kidneys and in each of his four broken bones. Hawaii
Amos Brown, a supervisor, also accuse Graham of failing to fight hard enough against the sin of racism.
He also accused the regulator of failing in its duty after learning of new examples of'cruel' and unsafe operations in clinics he had previously reported. Times, Sunday Times
Her star quality might lessen the film 's realism, but it also makes this failing easy to overlook. Times, Sunday Times
Their domestic agendas and failings, even their backgrounds, are surprisingly similar.
If we fail to teach them these things, and fail to help them grow into responsible adults, we are failing our children and we are failing ourselves.
Apart from not altogether gracious thoughts of wires failing and certain people going home wearing a carbon-fibre overcoat. Times, Sunday Times
They were all heckled for backing the replacement of Trident and for failing to condemn benefit cuts. Times, Sunday Times
Or the possibility of the new carpet failing to match the duvet in the spare bedroom. Times, Sunday Times
The warning came as MPs published a report highlighting serious failings in the way schools tackle bullying. The Sun
The flashing orange lights of the recovery vehicle beam into my room as the mechanic continually revs the failing engine.
The only reason Buford didn’t have to implement school choice was that Dr. Griffin reallocated school system funds so that Buford was not receiving any Federal Title I funds — these are the only schools which are impacted by failing to meet testing benchmarks. Purnell's Letter to Griffin at cvillenews.com
He was bucking the odds when he bought that failing business.
Fox News cites one former Bush official who slammed the approach as "de facto amnesty," accusing the Obama administration of "turning a blind eye to entire categories of aliens" fand failing to arrest and deport the illegal immigrants who turn up on these workplace audits. How Obama is firing immigrant workers -- but not deporting them
John F. Kerry criticized Bush for failing to conduct adequate diplomacy before waging war on Iraq.
They said it loud and clear and many times over. they think that America failing is their ticket to power. Clinton: Vetting process for administration jobs 'a nightmare'
But in Deus Ex I'll spend two hours trying to make sure I incapacitate the person trying to kill me for failing to execute a hostage that's far from innocent. The Authorship Conflict
Failing to reveal cystic fibrosis may be disadvantageous or even illegal.
I don't doubt that he liked his glass—it's a good man's failing—but he knew how to drink so it didn't poison his brain with morbidness and filth. Archive 2006-12-01
Day visited Sir Norman at his nursing home last year and said that despite his failing health, he remembered pretending to stumble after receiving his knighthood from the Queen in 2000, asking: "Do you remember when I tripped? Norman Wisdom, last survivor of the music halls, dies aged 95
He bragged that the course which he claimed to be one of the best in the country, was in good shape and no excuse would be given by any golfer for failing to perform well.
Seven children who were above the third percentile had recently lost weight or were failing to thrive.
The military was criticised in the early days of the conflict for failing to give sufficient care to wounded troops. Times, Sunday Times
There is something grotesque about a civilised society failing to give people clean enough air. Times, Sunday Times
So we can dwell on his failings, or we can lionize him.
She abandoned herself to the role, identifying too strongly with the character and failing to put any insulating distance between herself and the part.
Although there were several factors contributing to these fatalities, the grand jury reasonably inferred that defendants 'conduct in dismantling the standpipe and the failing to take corrective action was an actual contributory cause of the deaths," Uviller wrote. Ruling Expected In Deutsche Bank Fire Case
Sometimes people unfairly criticise others to draw attention away from their own failings. Times, Sunday Times
Our readers have so often displayed unfailing generosity: this time, you surpassed yourself in the most amazing style.
Its failings should be exposed in detailed published critiques.
Otherwise we put the continuity of vital work in jeopardy by failing to shelter it from the winds of international currency exchanges.
Technically speaking, a dimple is a congenital abnormality caused by the cheek muscles failing to develop properly. Times, Sunday Times
She ushered guests into the studio, replenished the coffee maker, and unfailingly turned up bright and early for the 7am kick off.
Thus, free supply not only subsidizes the users at the expense of nonusing taxpayers; it also misallocates resources by failing to supply the service where it is most needed.
It doesn't matter that their past failings arguably make them more culpable than successors who were holding the wheel when the iceberg was actually hit. Times, Sunday Times
About flaws, failings, and sins in your life that perhaps only your husband know and see? Christianity Today
The governor of Leyte island blamed the government for failing to impose a total logging ban.
The poised and fashionable Fitzwilliam openly admitted to failing courses in second year law and of her determination to pass.
He was expelled from the party for failing to withdraw his controversial remarks.
I explain that, as head, it is my duty to highlight parental failings. The Sun
Despite his forthright views, however, he remains unfailingly courteous to the end.
Sudan, already wracked by civil war fueled in part by failing rains, is projected to suffer as much as a 56 percent reduction in agricultural production potential; Senegal, a 52 percent fall. About: Blinded by Science
Can anyone recommend a chain, or failing that, a local store in Austin, Texas, that would carry them?
The rioters blame the 10,800-strong UN force in Congo for failing to stop Wednesday's capture of the eastern border city of Bukavu by renegade commanders once allied with neighbouring Rwanda.
He scratched out his first poem while taking a break from failing a thermodynamics exam, on which he receive a nine out of a possible one hundred.

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