Sentence examples for fails to practice from inspiring English sources

Guantánamo Bay continues to be a disgrace and a contradiction of the noble principles that this country proclaims so proudly but so blatantly fails to practice.

Hypocrite (noun) \hi-pə-ˌkrit\: 1) a person who engages in the same behaviors she condemns others for; 2) a person who fails to practice what they preach; 3) a person who complains about something but finds themselves doing exactly the same thing; 4) me.

Bishops preach social justice but fail to practice it within the church.

Sanitation in food stalls -- where the virus might have first jumped to humans -- is atrocious, and hospitals failed to practice basic infection control.

JOHN A. VITERITTI Southold, N.Y., Jan . 7 2013 To the Editor: Patrick J. McCloskey and Joseph Claude Harris assert that bishops fail to practice social justice because there is "no systemic means for wealthier diocese and parishes to help poorer ones".

Mr. Zawahri said American authorities had "permitted the film in the name of personal freedom and freedom of expression" but failed to practice those values in its treatment of Muslims imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Iraq and Afghanistan.

It came to nothing: a German thrust from the front east of Reims toward Châlons-sur-Marne was frustrated by the "elastic defense" that Pétain had recently been prescribing but that the local commanders had failed to practice against the offensive of May 27.

He was the founding chairman of a government-sponsored commission on corporate governance, but failed to practice what he preached.There was no cooling-off period between his stints as chief executive and chairman of ThyssenKrupp as recommended by the commission's own corporate-governance code.

The students agreed to pay Eddy 10 percent annually of income derived from her work, and $1,000 if they failed to practice or teach it.

The funny thing about Brady's fiscal conservatism is that he -- when he had the chance -- failed to practice budget-balancing himself.

Adolescents' increased autonomy may also mean that they fail to practice adequate oral home health care.