Sentence examples for at failing for from inspiring English sources

It is difficult, though, to know what to make of Marie's retreat into languor and ennui, her melancholy at failing for many agonising years to provide an heir for France, and finally her temporary adventure with a dashing Swedish army officer, whom she imagines in various proto-Napoleonic poses.

"London is in the same amount of danger that would result from the traffic lights at the Old Street roundabout failing for five minutes!" "Hooray!" yelled Robin.

The resounding nature of the victory does little to assuage the disappointment at failing to qualify for next year's tournament in France.

It also suspended eight agents at Newark Liberty International Airport for sleeping on the job, and fired 28 bag screeners at Honolulu International Airport for failing to screen checked bags for explosives.

Its true purpose was to identify children at risk for failing the test and devise strategies for raising their scores.

Committee members also pressed regulators from the Office of Thrift Supervision and the New York State Insurance Department to concede that they were at least partly at fault for failing to prevent A.I.G.'s crisis.

Moreover, when institutions do not support excellent science, scientists are at least partly at fault for failing to communicate a clear vision of biomedical research and what it contributes to and needs from a university or medical school.

In 2002, on his return from the European Indoor Championships in Vienna, police at Birmingham Airport arrested him at gunpoint for failing to appear in court on motoring charges.

Chekhov attended the Greek School in Taganrog and the Taganrog Gymnasium (since renamed the Chekhov Gymnasium), where he was kept down for a year at fifteen for failing an examination in Ancient Greek.

The sudden setback ended a week in Brisbane that had been going exceptionally well for Williams, including jovial discussions of Ivan Lendl costumes at '80s-themed parties and her disappointment at herself for failing to train her aging dogs.

Bangladesh had faced intense criticism at home for failing to rescue its citizens who were stranded at sea; the Myanmar government, which does not recognize the Rohingya as citizens, has refused to accept responsibility for the problem.