Sentence examples for straight failure from inspiring English sources

The second straight failure of a test for the proposed national missile shield has set off a barrage of criticism.

Sit Up Straight Failure to sit up straight, with your shoulders squared, may result in back pain or one of your bosses being able to see what's on your computer screen.

Marino, who holds the N.F.L. records for touchdown passes (420) and passing yards (61,361), was hired by the Dolphins' owner, H. Wayne Huizenga, in the aftermath of Miami's second straight failure to make the playoffs.

Lyons eliminated the Spanish giants at the same stage last season, Real's sixth straight failure to make the quarter-finals, and there will no doubt be a few nervous home fans at the Bernabeu for the second leg on 16 March.

Its tone is often sighing and affectionate; on occasion, moreover, it forgoes belly laughs in favour of a surprisingly mov ing exploration of such themes as the Sixties generation's doomed attempts to rekindle youth, and the fact that minor success can often have more painful after-effects than straight failure.

But, despite the pain of a fourth straight failure to beat Wigan, there are still nine league games left.

The Jets were an abysmal 3 of 12 on third-down conversions, including three straight failures in the fourth quarter.

And with Minnesota leading the four-of-seven-game series by 3-1, this was the game that could elevate his team into the second round of the playoffs after seven straight failures in the first round.

And, according to a terrific new post on his blog (www.humbledmba.com), it's also what led his first company straight into failure.

For the straight pipe, failure mode, limit load and allowable wall thinning limit based on plastic deformation ability have been studied systematically.

Hicham el-Guerrouj dropped to his knees and kissed the track, snapping the spell of two straight Olympic failures for himself and for Morocco.