How to Use failure in a Sentence

failure

noun

• The drought caused crop failure.
• The scheme was a complete failure.
• He was often crippled by his fear of failure.
• The accident was caused by a failure to use proper procedures.
• He felt like a failure when he wasn't accepted into law school.
• The accident was caused by engine failure.
• The patient was suffering from heart failure.
• She was criticized for failure to follow directions.
• He became discouraged by his repeated failures in business.
• This high-risk, high-reward tactic has led to plenty of failures, but a lot of successes, too.
  — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 3 Oct. 2024
• Even though his employer supported him at first, stepping away felt like failure.
  — Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2024
• With momentary changes between fortune and failure, the outcome is as unpredictable as the bounce of the ball.
  — Josie Howell | , al, 12 Apr. 2023
• In this genre, the justice system is typically seen as a failure, and the protagonists take the law into their own hands.
  — Thomas Lake, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2023
• A lot of the online uproar is a sign audiences are, at least, still very engaged and care about this franchise; a truer sign of failure would be apathy and disinterest.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
• Despite her dominance in the sport, Shiffrin has also become a paradigm for how to navigate shocking defeat and failure.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2023
• This failure led to the end of the program by the early 1980s.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
• That sounds to me a little bit of a recipe for failure.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2023
• Many hits to the DNA could lead to cell death and organ failure.
  — Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023
• That was the case in the zombie failure of Bed Bath & Beyond.
  — Bernard Condon, Fortune, 7 June 2024
• The Fed was critical of its own role in the bank's failure.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2023
• Their failure to capture 50% of the vote, though, forced the two into a June 27 runoff.
  — Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023
• Questioning the concepts of success and failure is one of the keys of the series.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023
• After that though, ask yourself what was the purpose of the failure?
  — Eric Roberson, Billboard, 29 June 2023
• God please protect him from the failures of the fatherless.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 8 Apr. 2024
• Snyder’s tenure was marked by failure on the field and disgrace off of it.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
• Their failure to do this has opened the door to Vivino and influencers who are happy to do the job for them.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
• A little bit of failure, a little bit of success, straight line.
  — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 19 Aug. 2024
• For the second half of the twentieth century, he would have been judged, on that count, a failure.
  — Ross Barkan, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
• In the years after the show’s failure to launch, George Furth’s book got revised, and Sondheim devotees took up its cause.
  — Zachary Pincus-Roth, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• The previous renter of the vehicle will be charged with failure to secure a firearm.
  — cleveland, 15 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 18 Oct 2024