Sentence examples for a failing for from inspiring English sources
"Our failing as Australians is that we are friendly and I think it can be a failing, for we expect friendliness and I said 'hello' very pleasantly.
It needn't be a failing for the boss of City Hall to articulate big visions and put others in charge of nuts and bolts – in Johnson's case, this plays to his strengths.
One will make a few friends, because Americans have a failing for foreigners, and one night he will announce that one of his acquaintances, an old aristocratic gentleman, is in financial difficulties and has thought up the scheme of selling his cellar.
GPs' perceptions of substance abuse were on a continuum from a chronic disease to a moral failing (for which the patient was completely responsible).
"This would represent a major failing for the General Assembly — and a betrayal for the member states, UN agencies, civil society, and public who have demanded so much more".
Heaton's save from James at least kept Burnley in the game, but they couldn't score - a familiar failing for them these days.
But for the people of this country, another three years of near-failing grades will lead to a greater failing for the American people.
His scorecard gives him excellent marks for daughter calving ability, mammary system and chest width, but a failing grade for rear teat placement.
This is a failing only for those people who mistakenly expect Lombardi to be an investigative reporter, not an artist.
The White House dismissed the report, saying it was wrong; Senator John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, called the findings "a failing grade for a policy that is still not working".
