Sentence examples for inability to admit from inspiring English sources

Institutional pride, and the inability to admit an error, were the other two big factors.

His inability to admit this mistake damaged his bid for the presidency.

Sisu can lead to stubbornness, a refusal to take advice, an inability to admit weakness, a lack of compassion.

She was heavily critical of what she described as the defiance of the state of Georgia and its inability to admit that it had made a mistake.

Later, in the aftermath of the financial crisis, a similar inability to admit error was on display among many economic commentators.

Thomas Dolcimascolo Atlanta, Sept. 14, 2007 • To the Editor: One of President Bush's major faults is his inability to admit a mistake.

In the end Jardine has to admit "an inability to take a strong personal stand, with conviction, where any real risk was involved".

2. An inability to accept reality.

Some experts say the greater and largely unacknowledged reason is the ongoing violence, but the administration seems unwilling to admit its inability to quell the insurgency.

But given that Russia will not curb Assad and indicated a veto on any UN reaction, the world has sometimes to admit its inability to make a constructive response.

Michael Skinner Surry, Maine Well, there's a core disconnect between our inability as physicians and hospitals to admit to our failures and fallibility and our insistence that the public expects too much.