"failed to proceed" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to express that someone or something was unable to continue on a course of action. For example, "Due to her injury, she failed to proceed in the race."
However, they failed to proceed further and penetrate the host.
However, the archaeological fieldwork failed to proceed within the framework of the MOA.
A month ago, Meehan suggested that if negotiations failed to proceed, he and Peca would pursue "other options".
He had hopes of becoming a church organist, but appears – after a bright start – to have felt that his life failed to proceed as he'd wished.
The Israelis have failed to proceed with the additional withdrawals they promised, while the Palestinians have moved erratically on security cooperation issues.
The stewards noted in a statement that he had failed "to proceed directly from the circuit to post-race parc fermé without unnecessary delay" in a breach of the sporting regulations.
Pressure ulcers, like other chronic wounds, fail to proceed through an orderly and timely process to produce anatomical or functional integrity.
The increasing number of phase I/II clinical trials that fail to proceed to further stages of drug development has discredited the pertinence of such investigations.
Whereas, contractor fails to proceed in a competent manner and late instructions from architect or engineer are the factors of conflict which arise due to technical problems.
The logjam also results in the dismissal of thousands of cases each year that fail to proceed to trial quickly enough.
Mr. Hunter applied another maxim to the car as well: "A Rolls-Royce doesn't break down, it fails to proceed".
