Sentence examples for fail of from inspiring English sources

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"fail of" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to not achieve or reach a desired outcome or result. Example sentence: Despite his best efforts, the athlete failed of breaking the world record in the 100-meter dash.

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It will completely fail, of course".

The New York Times

Giant misogynistic fail of #VisitMyMosque, @MuslimCouncil, shutting @cathynewman out.

Independent

Mayday, he acknowledged, has "the biggest chance to fail of anything I've ever done".

The New Yorker

It's not the BBC's only radio fail of late, after this unfortunate snafu on Radio 2's Bob Harris show.

The Guardian

Chances are, though, it's just a major fail of a joke and ought to be seen as such.

The Guardian - Lifestyle

By Evan Osnos Lessig's super PAC has "the biggest chance to fail of anything I've ever done," he says.

The New Yorker

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He failed, of course.

The Guardian - Opinion

Then it failed, of course, so they did it themselves".

Forbes

PHOTOS: Top 10 tech fails of 2013.

Los Angeles Times

He fails, of course.

Huffington Post

NEXT ARTICLE: Our Top 10 big Illinois fails of 2015.

Huffington Post

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