Sentence examples for failing among from inspiring English sources

The biggest failing among all the former captive nations has been in reform of state administration.

Instead a new explanation for crime is devised - it is a moral failing among poor people.

This is a common failing among those who seek the dubious distinction of being "the world's first human cloner".

But he, too, quickly wore out his welcome, failing, among other sins, to deliver on a promised television network for the team.

But the software, the manual and the Web site seem hacked together; unfortunately, that seems to be a consistent failing among the small-time digital-frame operators.

The lawyers also found that the Wichita Falls Police had botched the crime scene investigation, failing, among other things, to preserve a shoe print found at the scene and to test blood smeared all over the house.

To be designated by the state as failing, or among the "schools under registration review," a school must fail to meet rudimentary performance benchmarks.

And Mr. McCall called for closing failing schools, among other ideas.

The peer's lawyers put his and Ms Amiel's failing health among the arguments for clemency, and Ms Amiel in particular looked frail even as she walked into court.

Another particularly clever and successful strategy of Roger's was the acquisition of small imprints that had valuable authors or backlists but were failing — conspicuous among them Horizon, Pellegrini & Cudahy, Hill & Wang, and Noonday, which had not only a paperback line but a handsome fish colophon, which Roger swiped, and about which Kachka makes too much of a fuss.

This could be via the International Criminal Court (ICC) but failing consensus among major powers, North Korea's leadership could be prosecuted in a third country, he said.