Sentence examples for fails to define from inspiring English sources

He fails to define this "character" he is discussing.

Opponents say it fails to define pornography and limits freedom of expression.

The Rome Statute fails to define a state, and there is no international recognition board for aspirant states, leaving it to the I.C.C. itself to make such a determination.

"If Kerry fails to define himself as someone who's been consistent on values, on foreign policy, on domestic issues, then the Bush team will have succeeded in putting him in a corner," said Donna Brazile, who ran Mr. Gore's campaign in 2000.

The New Yorker, October 2, 2000 P. 138 Briefly Noted review of "Assorted Fire Events" (Context; $22) by David Means...Incidents that might seem melodramatic in the hands of another writer lead instead to crystalline reflections on the limits of self-knowledge and the ways in which our past fails to define us.... View Article By Miranda Carter By Amos Barshad By Doreen St. Félix By Jia Tolentino.

The New Yorker, October 2, 2000 P. 138 Briefly Noted review of "Assorted Fire Events" (Context; $22) by David Means...Incidents that might seem melodramatic in the hands of another writer lead instead to crystalline reflections on the limits of self-knowledge and the ways in which our past fails to define us.... View Article By Jia Tolentino By Rivka Galchen By Malcolm Gladwell By Ben Taub.

He has in a sense failed to define himself.

When politicians fail to define their terms, others will step in to fill the gap.

Later, over dinner with Mr. Malone, he lamented that he had failed to define himself.

As in Seebeck's case, Peltier failed to define the cause of the anomaly.

The suit further claimed that the laws were too vague because they failed to define what the requirements were.