Sentence examples for represented a failure from inspiring English sources

It also took a dim view of the magazine's decision not to contact Rawson's representatives prior to publication, ruling that it represented a failure to take care over the accuracy of the story.

Like Iraq, New Orleans represented a failure of individual leaders, but also of national institutions.

The photographing of the child represented a failure to respect her private life.

James Warner, a consultant psychiatrist in older people's mental health at Imperial College London, said the results represented a failure.

The Thai Foreign Ministry said the appointment of Mr. Thaksin as economic adviser to Cambodia's prime minister represented a "failure to respect Thailand's judicial system".

Ms. Napolitano said that her remark had been taken out of context and that the attempted attack in fact represented a failure of the security system.

"These numbers represent a failure," he said.

At best, the result represents a failure of historical imagination.

The agreement represents a failure, not a triumph, of diplomacy.

Did the divorce represent a failure or a healthy restart?

A recognition that an abortion represents a failure of one sort or the other.