Sentence examples for fail was from inspiring English sources

"I'm not used to failing, and to have a marriage fail was a devastating blow".

(The first athlete to fail was popped for alcohol).

Her reply to us without fail was: "This isn't a diner.

To these people, not letting banks fail was not an option but a creed.

The idea that any right-thinking fan actively wanted him to fail was surely nonsense.

Time was, fail was simply a verb that denoted being unsuccessful or falling short of expectations.

It's true that the decision to let Lehman fail was a "calculated bet".

Mr. Obama decided early on that simply letting the companies fail was not an option, his advisers said.

"I went through a period where a fail was a 20 and a score was a 40.

It's also worth pointing out that everything the right said about why Obamanomics would fail was wrong.

Letting Lehman Brothers fail was a mistake, Blinder says, and it was one of many failures of leadership during the financial crisis.