Sentence examples for forgotten failed from inspiring English sources

In a long life a priest had many visits, heard voices that ages ago he'd forgotten, failed to recognize faces that had been as familiar as his own.

His approval ratings drifted down in early 2010, as job growth weakened and "recovery summer" — a White House phrase that Mr. Obama's aides would now prefer to forget — failed to materialize.

Every effort to paper over the horrors of what these protesters suffered, at the hands of their own nation's soldiers, whether through time or literary censorship or personal forgetting, fails.

"Once again at Labour conference the most important part of a speech was forgotten – Andy Burnham failed to apologise for, or even mention, the tragic events at Mid Staffs.

In fact, my friends would have a good laugh telling you about my spectacular mid-song lyric-forgetting fails on the rare occasions when I've thrown caution to the wind and attempted something spontaneous without a proper rehearsal.

As early as the fifth century BC, King Goujian never allowed himself to forget a failed campaign that had cost him his kingdom and his liberty.

It was a nice touch and, as the emotion swirled and Spurs were ridiculed, it was possible for the fans to temporarily forget their failed title challenge.

— Math students in this high-performing school district used to rush through their Algebra I textbooks only to spend the first few months of Algebra II relearning everything they forgot or failed to grasp the first time.

(And let's not forget a failed attempt to take MyFamilyClub, the parenting finance community and Mumsnet competitor, off the hands of media giant DC Thomson . Adeal that went right to the wire before ultimately being aborted).

Roger wanted to be taken care of by Marie, who just wanted a night out during which she could forget her failed marriage.

Let's not forget we failed to achieve MDG2 for exactly those children and communities most likely to be left behind again.