Sentence examples for reflected failure from inspiring English sources

He basks in the reflected failure of others.

Whitbourne's writing is laced with terms describing sports fans' behavior, like BIRGing (basking in the reflected glory of a team's success) and CORFing (cutting off a team's reflected failure).

Research is needed to determine whether the failure to accurately report positive HCV status reflected failure of physicians to test for HCV, lack of communication, miscommunication, or denial.

The discrepancy between the number of subjects enrolled in the study and the actual number genotyped reflected failure to generate a sequence profile for some subjects.

By analogy, we suggest that the marked metabolic alkalosis in our patient reflected failure of a similar compensatory mechanism, with deficiency of pendrin in the kidney impairing bicarbonate excretion.

To assess predictors for treatment failure within these records, a multi-level logistic regression model was built with the assumption that the reported treatment failure reflected failure of the antimicrobial mentioned in the treatment field.

Before the recall, DePuy long defended the articular surface replacement device, saying that any failures associated with it reflected failures by surgeons to properly implant the hip cup.

Vali S. Nasr, adjunct senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, said in an interview posted on the council's Web site that the outbreak of fighting reflected failures to address sectarian tensions during the lull in violence.

Mr Gulliver said the lower bonus reflected "failures" linked to foreign exchange manipulation.

But men such as Sylvester, whose low levels reflect failure of the brain hormones that stimulate the testes into production, should not be given it, as it will impair fertility further.

This would reflect failure of the respondent to correctly locate e.g. point B[2] in attribute space.