Sentence examples for failing this week from inspiring English sources

After failing this week to convince Congress they deserve emergency financial assistance to avoid bankruptcy, U.S. carmakers have until Dec. 2 to come up with proof that they won't blow the money if government aid is provided.

Failing fast does not mean failing next week.

"Just as alcohol prohibition failed in the 1920s, it's clear marijuana prohibition is failing today," Polis said in a statement.

ABN Amro succeeded this time only after failing last year, after a tortuous negotiation, to reach a similar agreement with another fund-management firm.

He was asked how he felt about failing 1,000 times.

"That was my failing last year; I made too many assumptions.

Benflis is making his second attempt to beat Bouteflika after failing 10 years ago.

Our policy of integration, which was once so strong, is failing today.

Would both sides ever be able to settle the case, after failing last year to do so following prolonged negotiations?

By the end of 2007, that trading scheme was failing; last month it was on life support.

When her mother's health started failing last year, Barbara Ginsberg, 57, found herself repeatedly flying to Margate, Fla., on short notice.