How to Use failing grade/mark in a Sentence

failing grade/mark

noun

• There was a failing grade for the strength and conditioning program.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2023
• Last year, public schools in Houston found that 45% of Black and Hispanic students had at least one failing grade.
  — Collin Binkley, Chron, 12 Apr. 2022
• The report also found that 1.5 million pregnant people lived in counties with a failing grade for at least one pollutant.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 21 Apr. 2022
• Unhealthy levels of pollution were defined as receiving a failing grade for one of the three metrics.
  — Dr. Suraj Patel, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2023
• But the government gets a failing grade for its tobacco tax policy.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 25 Jan. 2023
• His professor gave the paper a failing grade, explaining that no human being could stand barefoot in the snow for so long without his feet freezing off.
  — Cade Metz, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2023
• But Sopko gave their efforts a failing grade, saying the Afghan air force hadn’t been able to get the qualified personnel needed to set itself on the road to independence.
  — NBC News, 18 Jan. 2022
• All four saw population growth, although New Hampshire still received a failing grade due to its overall high tax burden.
  — Ted O'Neil, Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2021
• The professor gave Quarterman a failing grade and referred him to the same student affairs office that would adjudicate Stivers’ case.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2023
• Echoing earlier research, the report also found that people of color were 61% more likely than white people to live in a county with a failing grade for at least one pollutant.
  — Bydr. Kerry Kennedy Meltzer, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2022
• Some rankings still give Jefferson County’s air quality a failing grade.
  — Heather Gann | [e-mail], al, 30 June 2023
• Goodale's Snapchat messages also said the attack occurred because Graber had given a failing grade, Vileta testified Thursday.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
• The student's family felt failing grade wasn't an option and wanted to assignment removed entirely.
  — Fox News, 29 Apr. 2021
• This portion of Emerson Avenue currently has a failing grade in terms of traffic performance, according to project documents.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Aug. 2022
• The pandemic’s grand online learning experiment has received a failing grade from students, teachers, and parents alike.
  — Anne Quito, Quartz, 5 June 2021
• Faculty members can trigger a withdrawal policy if a student is disengaged with a course for 21 consecutive days, removing the class — and a possible failing grade — from the student’s records.
  — Ellie Wolfe, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2023

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024