Sentence examples for had failed to explode from inspiring English sources

It wasn't clear why the bomb had failed to explode.

He had boarded a bus — one on the same route on which S.'s bomb had failed to explode two months earlier.

Kevin A. Stanley, 20, crouched with Airman First Class Joshua P. Oliver, 21, and studied a temporary mystery: the precise identification of a shell that had failed to explode.

Over the past week, Jordan attempted to obtain his release by offering to exchange a woman on death row whose suicide vest had failed to explode at a wedding in 2005.

It had been shot by whalers, but the harpoon had failed to explode.

On Tuesday, MSF said workers were still fearful of going near the site, as at least two ordnances dropped in the vicinity had failed to explode.

They had failed to launch.

On Friday, the police said that a third bomb found at the Marriott, where at least one of the suspects had stayed, failed to explode because of a malfunctioning timer.

He also had luck: on another occasion, with bombs dropping, those below heard a clang against Intrepid's side; one had hit but failed to explode.

And she was racked by guilt and shame for having failed to prevent bombs from exploding and for breaking down emotionally in combat.

A 200 kg bomb carried by the plane failed to explode; if it had, the ship might have been effectively destroyed.