Sentence examples for failed to stand from inspiring English sources

George Bush failed to stand up for American workers on trade and oil, and his failed policies in Iraq cost us trillions of dollars and thousands of lives.

Britain has failed to stand alongside its closest ally (see article).

At which point the blue touch paper was lit and Honderich notably failed to stand back.

Sony's tablets have always been excellent, but have failed to stand out from the pack.

Unfortunately, most of the political parties have failed to stand up for the democratic process.

He has failed to stand up for them in a recent controversy over the banning of mixed-sex street races.

Mr Saakashvili said European leaders who failed to stand up to Moscow shared the blame for the Georgian deaths.

Meanwhile, an FOS spokesman declined to deal with her allegations that it had failed to stand up to HSBC.

Instead, they have entered government isolated, and failed to stand up for the British interest in their first budget test.

The Hammersmith MP said the government had failed to stand up to the "powerful industry lobby" representing white goods manufacturers.

As for America, we have repeatedly failed to stand up to genocide, whether of Armenians, Jews, Cambodians or Rwandans.