Sentence examples for failed entrance from inspiring English sources

Published in the latest issue of the New Yorker, the story, also called "Yesterday", sees the Japanese author writing about two friends who met working at a coffee shop; the narrator, Tanimura, is studying literature at university, while his friend, Kitaru, is supposedly studying to retake his failed entrance exam.

Ma failed the entrance exam for the Hangzhou Teachers College twice.

As schools continue to empty, grammar schools are admitting children who failed the entrance exam.

She had wanted to go to college but failed the entrance exam.

Rodin (1840-1917), comically, failed the entrance competition for the Ecole des Beaux-Arts three times.

The University of Pittsburgh offered a scholarship, but he failed the entrance examination.

He failed the entrance exam several times, but Grant nevertheless appointed him a second lieutenant in the Army.

Kitaru had failed the entrance exam and was attending a prep course to cram for the retake.

When his father refused to allow him to become a painter, he applied for the naval college but failed the entrance examination.

A poor student, he failed the entrance examination to the École Navale and then studied architecture for several months at the École des Beaux-Arts.

A mediocre student, he failed the entrance examinations for high school and so instead studied carpentry for a year at a technical school in Phnom Penh.