Sentence examples for could be failing from inspiring English sources

Maybe, just maybe, the real problem is that too many of us are employed, when we could be failing lucratively.

In early March, months after Chicago placed more than half its neighborhood schools on probation, Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, told Congress that 82 percent of the nation's public schools could be failing in 2011 under No Child Left Behind.

However, weakness in the U.S. jobs market is now causing them to worry that the economic recovery could be failing to gain traction.

This girl could be failing at every single aspect of life – I mean she could literally be on bail from a prison sentence – but you will still feel constantly inferior to her because every day she appears to be wearing an entirely new vintage designer Very Branded outfit courtesy of Depop, alongside a headband – there is for some reason always a headband – and infinite pairs of new trainers.

You could be failing because you can't keep up with your assignments and are missing grades.

A painful question hardened: "Seeing what the occupation looked like, and given the ideals of Jewish democracy I was raised on, I wondered: Could Israel be failing and could we American Jews be defending that failure?" It's time to think again and, above all, think openly.

New research published on Tuesday by the children's charity Barnardo's suggests the new system could already be failing pupils – largely because they are not getting enough face-to-face support with careers guidance.

South African policy-makers should take note that RWOPS may not be working in the interests of boosting public sector retention, at least for specialists, and that the policy could well be failing in its aims.

If all the children, like those in Lake Wobegon, are above average, how could the school be failing?

With no telephone number and "contact facebook" ranked no.1 in Facebook Help's own search terms, one could argue they're failing currently that challenge.

When I complimented her on the exotic beauty of the "Chaka Khan Room," she visibly bristled and snapped at me: "What did you call it?" I could see I was failing my interview and turned to the agent for assistance.