How to Use failing in a Sentence

failing

noun

• He has some minor failings.
• Rather than risk the bid’s failing, the union withdrew it.
  — Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 14 June 2023
• Regardless of the type of DIY will, many of them share the same failings.
  — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 23 July 2023
• See the full list and how many times the school has been on the failing list since 2013 at the bottom of the article.
  — Trisha Powell Crain | [e-mail], al, 11 Nov. 2022
• Many have been quick to blame Elon Musk for the worst failings of the social media ecosystem.
  — Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• In retrospect, this was a failing of the system, not Davis.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2022
• And for the politicians who see compassion as a failing to be turned out of office.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
• Having some bad times at baseball is not a moral failing.
  — Fay Vincent, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
• As a new feature, its biggest failing is how many games don't show up on Play Now.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 12 Aug. 2022
• One chronic failing of SNAP is that billions of dollars are lost through fraud and abuse.
  — Chris Edwards, National Review, 12 June 2023
• In doing so, people are called to self-reflect on their failings and flaws.
  — Sofia Barrett, CNN, 24 Sep. 2023
• Chief among their failings in the final month: securing the football.
  — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
• Favorable failings The use of faulty AI is not new for the health care industry.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2023
• Hatred of banks, love of Jacobins, paralysis in the face of slavery -- his failings are many.
  — Christian Schneider, National Review, 26 July 2023
• Opening a few Centres in two of our categories should not be linked to EdTech failing.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 27 June 2022
• What better way for Santos to change the subject of his own failings than by pitching a flaming bag of poop on your porch.
  — John Archibald | [e-mail], al, 26 Feb. 2023
• And of course, in a story already rife with injustice, the police had to make sure that their failings were front and center.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 9 May 2023
• The Irish ultimately couldn't stop Williams, but that's hardly a unique failing.
  — Greg Beacham, ajc, 27 Nov. 2022
• Suffer a big loss now, though, and the result would be added onto the pile of previous playoff failings – and the optics of that would not look good.
  — USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2024
• Above all, the greatest failing of the virtual world is the human dynamic.
  — Stephen Miles, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
• To be clear: Anger itself is not a moral failing or something that needs to be eradicated.
  — Samantha Vincenty, SELF, 30 Nov. 2022
• At what point does the scramble for status and income become a severe failing?
  — Kyle Smith, WSJ, 9 June 2022
• The worst thing that could happen, the ultimate failing in a relationship, was its end.
  — Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2023
• Dutton’s big failing is not evolving with the times — not finding different revenue streams [for the ranch].
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 22 June 2023
• Our tester’s reaction reflected a failing not on her part but on ours.
  — J. J. Goode, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2022
• In his mind, as a 20-year-old Division I defensive tackle, that seemed like a weakness, like a failing.
  — The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2023
• The pressure of succeeding or failing can be overwhelming at times.
  — Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Parents, 22 June 2023
• Several New York banks on the verge of failing had badly needed that cash influx, which never came.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2022
• All of these businesses were later convicted of health and safety failings, but only the three companies cited by Judge Thomas were ordered to pay reparations.
  — Natasha Frost, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• Much of Winfrey’s special discussed people’s personal experiences with weight loss, including mental shifts in thinking of obesity as a disease rather than a moral failing.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024