How to Use fail-safe in a Sentence

fail-safe

adjective

• This allowed the train to move while the doors were open, contrary to the train’s fail-safe design.
  — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
• Then another fail-safe — a credential scan that should have also caught the key — missed that the key was there.
  — Wes Davis, The Verge, 6 Sep. 2023
• As for sounds, white noise is a pretty fail-safe choice for most babies who are accustomed to the noise of their mother’s womb.
  — Sarah Bradley, Parents, 10 July 2023
• Mint or lemon balm are fail-safe options for sunset cocktails or morning teas.
  — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 7 July 2023
• What McPherson is yearning for now is a fail-safe uniform of sorts—clothes that will gird her against the uncertainty of our hazy and not-quite-post-pandemic world.
  — Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Aug. 2023
• For older decks with uncapped composite boards, Trex doesn’t have any fail-safe suggestions.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
• My Kabul One of my fail-safe tips for finding good food in an unfamiliar place is to look for dishes that don’t seem to fit on a menu — say, butter chicken in an Afghan restaurant.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
• The result: The fusion algorithm relied solely on the data from the gyroscope as the drone switched over to fail-safe mode and landed safely before any damage was done.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2019
• But as Ben Wheatley’s misguided 2020 Netflix movie version proved, the material is far from fail-safe.
  — David Benedict, Variety, 19 Sep. 2023
• Although there is no fail-safe approach to addressing the risks associated with high heat exposure, talking more about what's at stake is a good start.
  — Terri Adams-Fuller, Scientific American, 15 June 2023
• Luckily, Versace and Omega is a pretty fail-safe combination.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2024
• Essentially, this set offers a fail-safe and enjoyable solution to cooking.
  — Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2023
• Her fail-safe office-appropriate neutrals are being replaced with diaphanous Oscar de La Renta shirtdresses and Goyard handbags.
  — Daniel Rodgers, Glamour, 3 Apr. 2024
• Their key message: this generation of Kodiak’s AV platform has redundant components which are essential to ensure fail-safe or fail-operational capability in the event of a fault.
  — Richard Bishop, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• Thanks to modern watch technology, including tougher cases, silicon escapements, and fail-safe shock-absorbing systems, tourbillons are now frequently spotted in sporting venues, from the tennis courts to the fairways.
  — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2023
• This allowed the train to move while the doors were open, contrary to the train’s fail-safe design.
  — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
• Then another fail-safe — a credential scan that should have also caught the key — missed that the key was there.
  — Wes Davis, The Verge, 6 Sep. 2023
• As for sounds, white noise is a pretty fail-safe choice for most babies who are accustomed to the noise of their mother’s womb.
  — Sarah Bradley, Parents, 10 July 2023
• Mint or lemon balm are fail-safe options for sunset cocktails or morning teas.
  — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 7 July 2023
• What McPherson is yearning for now is a fail-safe uniform of sorts—clothes that will gird her against the uncertainty of our hazy and not-quite-post-pandemic world.
  — Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Aug. 2023
• For older decks with uncapped composite boards, Trex doesn’t have any fail-safe suggestions.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
• My Kabul One of my fail-safe tips for finding good food in an unfamiliar place is to look for dishes that don’t seem to fit on a menu — say, butter chicken in an Afghan restaurant.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
• The result: The fusion algorithm relied solely on the data from the gyroscope as the drone switched over to fail-safe mode and landed safely before any damage was done.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2019
• But as Ben Wheatley’s misguided 2020 Netflix movie version proved, the material is far from fail-safe.
  — David Benedict, Variety, 19 Sep. 2023
• Although there is no fail-safe approach to addressing the risks associated with high heat exposure, talking more about what's at stake is a good start.
  — Terri Adams-Fuller, Scientific American, 15 June 2023
• Luckily, Versace and Omega is a pretty fail-safe combination.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2024
• Essentially, this set offers a fail-safe and enjoyable solution to cooking.
  — Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2023
• Her fail-safe office-appropriate neutrals are being replaced with diaphanous Oscar de La Renta shirtdresses and Goyard handbags.
  — Daniel Rodgers, Glamour, 3 Apr. 2024
• Their key message: this generation of Kodiak’s AV platform has redundant components which are essential to ensure fail-safe or fail-operational capability in the event of a fault.
  — Richard Bishop, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• Thanks to modern watch technology, including tougher cases, silicon escapements, and fail-safe shock-absorbing systems, tourbillons are now frequently spotted in sporting venues, from the tennis courts to the fairways.
  — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024