Sentence examples for past failing from inspiring English sources

"He takes a past failing, hangs it around his neck, and wears it like a medal," said a former Romney adviser.

TalkTalk responded quickly and well to this attack, but appear to have been much less effective in the past, failing to learn from repeated breaches of different kinds".

Yet they agree that India made mistakes in the past, failing to foster warm ties nearby and so leaving gaps into which Chinese investors, donors and diplomats have stepped.Others spell out concerns more explicitly.

The author is merely reflecting on his similarity to other authors who are fallible, his own past failing that he subsequently discovered, his imperfection in fact checking, and so on.

Despite all the past failings and pre-tournament lack of expectation, it surely does; they failed to win a single game, spending less time in Brazil than at their training camp in Miami.

Both admit to past failings.

Learning not to be discouraged by past failings and recognising shortcomings is an extremely useful skill.

And it also involves facing up to the Bank's past failings, no matter how uncomfortable that is.

Some highly competitive jobs prize people capable of acknowledging their past failings, while others desperately seek to overcome a perception of failure.

He said that he hoped their actions would mean that authorities would not repeat past failings and condemn yet more vulnerable children to years of abuse.

We can easily shake our heads at past failings, but it is hard for us to honestly examine our current behaviour.