Sentence examples for failed to confess from inspiring English sources

Called on the carpet most recently for failing to file a duplicate of his letter to one conference participant, Jimmy had failed to confess that he couldn't find the fellow's address.

Interview with mother of Yaa, shrine, 25th July 2008 Extracting a confession was viewed by healers as important since if the person failed to confess their wrong-doing, they could not be healed.

But to cricket traditionalists, the incident — in which an English cricket player failed to confess that he was out, even though the umpire had ruled him in — was a disgraceful reflection of how low the game had fallen.

Knights who confessed and were reconciled to the church were sent into retirement in the order's former houses or in monasteries, but those who failed to confess or who relapsed were put on trial.

A recent episode of the television drama "Law & Order" featured a murder suspect who had failed to confess to the police that he was having an affair with the dead woman.

Maybe we failed to confess, often enough, that past results are only a weak indicator of future ones.

But weeks' worth of meetings with military officials, aid agencies, diplomats and outside critics failed to find a solution, he confessed.

His hilarious admissions on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, when he confessed he failed to bed septuagenarian Dame Eileen Atkins and offered the truth about his internet 2008 sex tape, are a case in point.

The peak of his prosperity came in 1932, with the news of the sale of his book to Random House for a forty-five-thousand-dollar advance, which, she confessed, he failed to announce to her, and of which, as was later known, he never offered her a penny.

The peak of his prosperity came in 1932 with the news of his sale of the book to Random House in New York for a forty-five-thousand-dollar advance, which, she confessed, he failed to announce to her and of which, as was later known, he never even offered her a penny.

Ms. Graham, 50, said friends were shocked when she confessed to having failed to download Urbanspoon, a compendium of restaurant reviews.