How To Use To a fault In A Sentence
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On the east it descends four thousand feet by a monoclinal fold, which passes into a fault towards the north.
The Elements of Geology
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Claire practically rolled her eyes in agreement when we suggested that Victor - who was mellow and flirtatious to a fault - had slacked off.
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Holden was a willing player but rather unadventurous, while Sir Josiah proved imaginative but rash to a fault in his play!
ANTI-ICE
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Jefferson was generous to a fault.
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Everyone was polite to a fault, and the place was spotlessly clean.
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The insides are modish to a fault, but not eccentric in the way the exterior will be.
Times, Sunday Times
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The camerawork is gorgeous; sound effects are striking to a fault.
Art review: 'Fiona Tan: Rise and Fall' at the Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery
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Furthermore, the man is honest to a fault and disarms any critics by agreeing with them.
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I dare say you're in good company - good to a fault if correctitude engenders a kind of exclusivity.
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Bald, bespectacled and soft-spoken to a fault, he looks less hip than shyly professorial.
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That he had a lasting association with a drink that was non-alcoholic was not without irony, given that he was convivial to a fault.
Times, Sunday Times
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Holden was a willing player but rather unadventurous, while Sir Josiah proved imaginative but rash to a fault in his play!
ANTI-ICE
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These beasts are loyal to a fault, regardless of the abuse heaped upon them.
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The writers have a lot of fun with it, and you can tell they have a lot of love for the sport (Titan is a skater herself) ... almost to a fault, as sometimes the roller derby lingo in the dialogue can become a little overwhelming.
What Are You Reading? | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
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He's geeky to a fault, quirky, talks in a mumbling, nasally fashion, and he's generally just crazy.
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Would you take a risk with your family getting into a faulty car?
Times, Sunday Times
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Earnest and sincere, yes, but to a fault.
Times, Sunday Times
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The mechanic said the transmission's clutch pack burned due to a faulty oil pump.
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David was gentle, generous and accommodating to a fault.
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There were three introductions before his speech, three questions from the audience after his speech, and the speech itself was tripartite to a fault.
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Death doesn't try to please the widest audience and its puzzles remain largely cryptic, sometimes to a fault.
Times, Sunday Times
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She's a really sweet person and she's generous to a fault.
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Google Chrome is open source, and written from scratch, and will feature many improvements such as multithreading, enabling separate threads to render separate tabs, preventing an overall browser lock-up due to a faulty page or, more frequently, a JavaScript glitch., which promises to fix all these problems.
Top Stories - Google News
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The accident has been assigned to a faulty part in the engine of the bus.
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We traced the trouble to a faulty transformer.
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The insides are modish to a fault, but not eccentric in the way the exterior will be.
Times, Sunday Times
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People who think they’re generous to a fault usually think that’s their only fault. Sydney J. Harris
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He is no gangster stereotype at all: he's tough, ruthless, vain, and stylish to a fault, but somehow also roundly human, capable of love and vulnerability.
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When he lost he was gracious, magnanimous, generous to a fault.
The Sun
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He is generous to a fault .
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Earnest and sincere, yes, but to a fault.
Times, Sunday Times
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He's a decent bloke, kind, generous and gentle to a fault.
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Always honest to a fault about his animals, he said he'd thrown his best bronc rider.
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"I've knew him to be generous to a fault.
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The launch date for NASA's Swift satellite - designed to detect and analyse gamma ray bursters - has been delayed thanks to a faulty third stage rocket on an unrelated launch.
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David was loyal to a fault, and in his naive understanding quietly expected the same kind of loyalty in return.
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Modest to a fault, all Dorothy could think of as an epitaph for her tombstone was the line, “She was useful.”
Bright, Beautiful, Faithful and True: Tribute to My Mother
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The cause of the alarm sounding was subsequently traced to a fault in a control panel.
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Kate had a generosity of spirit that reached out to many and she was homely and welcoming to a fault.
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Generous and hospitable to a fault, he does not forget to bring in all kinds of edibles, from fruits to biscuits and cereals.
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Would you take a risk with your family getting into a faulty car?
Times, Sunday Times
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When he lost he was gracious, magnanimous, generous to a fault.
The Sun
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Whereas the title squad's unselfish play some times led to passing to a fault, the current crew lean toward faulty passing.
CELTICS GREEN ...a boston celtics blog.
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People who think they’re generous to a fault usually think that’s their only fault. Sydney J. Harris
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David was gentle, generous and accommodating to a fault.
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Mickelson has been diplomatic to a fault in his warm-up event at Bay Hill, arguing that he would "love it" if his name were inscribed alongside Woods 'on the Masters draw-sheet.
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He was brave even to a fault and in regular service would have done honor to his profession—his attachments were warm—his enmities were strong—and having no disguise about him, both appeared in full force.
George Washington’s First War
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Despite his lineage and academic qualifications, Denholm was modest and retiring to a fault.
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He talks, walks and eats fast and is neat to a fault.
Times, Sunday Times
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Claire practically rolled her eyes in agreement when we suggested that Victor - who was mellow and flirtatious to a fault - had slacked off.
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unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work
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He is loyal to a fault, even to his enemies.
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He is particular to a fault.
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Others will tell you that she is modest to a fault, funny, clever and warm.
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He is can depend on and someone who is loyal to a fault.
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The insides are modish to a fault, but not eccentric in the way the exterior will be.
Times, Sunday Times
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Generous host to a fault, Julie even sends Zoe and Nadia to the offie when I mention I'd like red wine which isn't on offer.
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GM has said that 5,000 of its GMC Savana and Chevrolet Express vans are affected by this safety recall - due to a faulty alternator, which is considered a fire risk.
Product Reviews Net
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Just as he placed considerable trust in his lieutenants on the battlefield, so he turned governmental affairs over to ministers whom he trusted, sometimes to a fault.
The Times Literary Supplement
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He will draw attention to a faultline in the coalition by reminding his audience that the Liberal Democrat conference in Liverpool last week voted to campaign against free schools.
Ed Balls to accuse Michael Gove of abandoning 'very worst' schools
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He is generous to a fault .
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Francis thought of John, generous, bantering, good-hearted to a fault.
DARE CALL IT TREASON
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I've always been technophilic to a fault, but at some point, my lapsed Mormon survivalism kicks in and demands that we have our phone, internet and television on a separate wire.
I'm nothing without my wifi bluetooth sunglass viewer dock
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She is generous to a fault.
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It responds to a fault line in Irish society that had been to a degree filmed over by a tissue of lies for a long time, masking the true reek of its corruption and, yes, evil.
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Francis thought of John, generous, bantering, good-hearted to a fault.
DARE CALL IT TREASON
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Death doesn't try to please the widest audience and its puzzles remain largely cryptic, sometimes to a fault.
Times, Sunday Times
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Of course his personal life was his songs; to a fault, Lennon wrote about what he knew, however skewed by bitterness, confusion, regret, braggadocio, or even peace and love.
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Nevertheless, incumbent officeholders, candidates, and aspirants are pragmatic to a fault, and their main concern is with winning elections.
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He talks, walks and eats fast and is neat to a fault.
Times, Sunday Times
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She is generous to a fault.
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This tape had been pre-recorded, and the General knew his men to a fault.
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The Badawi cranium is small, ooidal, long, high, narrow, and remarkable in the occiput for the development of Gall’s second propensity: the crown slopes upwards towards the region of firmness, which is elevated; whilst the sides are flat to a fault.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
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When he lost he was gracious, magnanimous, generous to a fault.
The Sun
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Francis thought of John, generous, bantering, good-hearted to a fault.
DARE CALL IT TREASON
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Imputed the rocket failure to a faulty gasket; kindly imputed my clumsiness to inexperience.
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Others will tell you that she is modest to a fault, funny, clever and warm.
