Sentence examples for did failing from inspiring English sources

Summer school was a disappointment this year, with thousands of students never showing up and most of those who did failing end-of-summer exams.

"Kony Part II - Beyond Famous" does not seem to have captured the public's imagination in quite the same way as Invisible Children's first video did, failing to significantly trend on social media websites.

How did failing to use a turn signal result in this tragedy?

Despite the damage they did, failing big banks were allowed to lumber on, with government support.

According to The Guardian, the sequel "does not seem to have captured the public's imagination in quite the same way as Invisible Children's earlier video did, failing to significantly trend on social media websites".

There was the sense that many had missed the boat, failing to ask the tough questions -- and, even when they did, failing to stay on the story until it broke through the static.

But that's what the Beatles were doing – failing to make "Drive My Car" sound like Stax.

Bourgain was the first to make a move, and Hoy left himself too much to do, failing to catch the Frenchman by a wheel.

Especially in New Orleans, where resources are scarce and there's so much good work to be done, failing to share our Internet penumbra seemed cruel.

In response to questions about the current financial crisis, Krugman argued that the problem was not what regulators did, but what they did not do, failing to keep up with an economy that had outgrown the old regulatory framework.

I have had to learn things by doing, failing, learning and starting from scratch multiple times.