How to Use fault in a Sentence

fault

1 of 2 noun

• If the book has a fault, it's that it's too long.
• Lack of courage is his worst fault.
• It's your own fault you missed that bus.
• She committed too many faults to win the match.
• Through no fault of his own, he won't be able to attend the meeting.
• The drought of earthquakes on the San Andreas fault will not last.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
• What happened next, while not Boyd's fault, put the Tigers in a hole.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2023
• What happened in the Glover case, and others like it, is not all Pope’s fault.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
• His sentences were clear, bold, and blunt, perhaps at times to a fault.
  — Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2023
• That’s just kind of the fault of lazy writers and lazy reviewers.
  — Daniel Scheffler, SPIN, 1 Apr. 2024
• Joseph said the turf, newly installed at Churchill Downs, was not at fault.
  — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2023
• Earthquakes are caused by a slip on a fault, which is a fracture zone between two blocks of rock.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
• There are about 100 faults known to be active inside the borders of Arizona.
  — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2023
• The only fault in their opinion was the existence of a scent with this remover.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 8 July 2023
• But the way to move forward is to admit your faults and frailties, and to seek to be forgiven.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 29 Feb. 2024
• The initial collision was clearly the fault of the human driver, who fled the scene.
  — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Feb. 2024
• During an earthquake, the rock on one side of the fault suddenly slips with respect to the other.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 17 June 2023
• SiR is private, opening up for the first time about his personal life and most of all — his faults.
  — Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2024
• They’re also attacked all over again, as if what happened to them is their fault.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 27 Apr. 2023
• The festival’s legal argument can be boiled down to it was the boys’ fault.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2023
• Wasn’t his fault that most of his teammates were so average.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2023
• For all its many, many faults, Hollywood at least had a system.
  — Anonymous, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2023
• According to the police, the teen had been seen driving recklessly and was found to be at fault.
  — Matt Richtel, New York Times, 29 July 2023
• The Celtics are skilled at calling out their mistakes and admitting fault.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
• But my position was, very clearly, that wasn’t the fault of music.
  — Bob Guccione Jr, Spin, 20 Sep. 2023
• In the run-up to the show’s 2023 season—its fourteenth—producers have admitted to (most of) these faults.
  — James Hansen, Bon Appétit, 28 Sep. 2023
• Or are those who end up scandalized at fault for taking the obvious bait in the first place?
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2024
• On the old Twitter, for all its faults, that was impossible.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
• Note that the generative AI per se is not at fault for these worst practices.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
• The ancient eastern faults have also stored up a lot of energy over time.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2024

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fault

2 of 2 verb

• The truck driver was faulted for the accident.
• I can't fault him for trying to protect his family.
• Many have faulted her for not acting sooner.
• Die-hard Trump fans didn’t fault Lake for switching sides.
  — Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022
• Still, the Germany can't be faulted for lack of effort.
  — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
• To fault Bruce Springsteen for loving soul music would be a slight to the music.
  — David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2022
• The same general description the court used to fault the old plan applies to the new one, too.
  — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 28 Mar. 2022
• Most marsquakes are believed to occur due to fault movements.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2022
• People did not fault the mayor or the police for what had happened.
  — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
• People just want to enjoy the pleasures that old money affords, and who can fault them?
  — Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2022
• This design is a great way to get on the cowboy boot trend without faulting on comfort.
  — Nikita Charuza, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
• Experts in the use of weapons on set have faulted Halls for handling the gun, saying that only the armorer and the actor should hold it.
  — Variety, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2023
• Besides their steep price, there’s not much to fault these luxurious linen sheets for.
  — Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2023
• Some activists fault the White House for the lack of energy surrounding the issue.
  — Molly Jong-Fast, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2022
• If the server from Team 1 doesn't fault and wins the point, the server and Team 1 partner switch service areas and makes another serve.
  — USA Today, 5 Feb. 2023
• Still, Pharoah can't fault the guy or his dating history.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 10 Nov. 2022
• Church affiliation is just one of the Ukraine-vs.-Russia fault lines that now split this country, along with language and even styles of borscht.
  — Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022
• To fault director Nolan for not showing the effects misses the point about the viewpoint of Oppenheimer.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• On the other hand, its power, smoothness, appointments, and all-around velvety feel are hard to fault.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 9 Feb. 2023
• For Clawson, there was little to fault in his team’s effort and preparation.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 1 Oct. 2022
• Thankfully, Wright knows that the fandom doesn’t blame her or fault her performance.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2023
• One can’t be faulted for gingerly poking their head outside to see what’s up with the spring weather.
  — oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2023
• On Wednesday, Nick Saban agreed with them, but didn’t fault anyone for being negative about the team.
  — Matt Stahl | [e-mail], al, 13 Sep. 2023
• With the Trojans coming off five losses in their last six games, few faulted him for sitting out the Holiday Bowl.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• More than half the book is devoted to the recreation opportunities in Alaska, which is hard to fault.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2022
• His response didn’t fault his agency’s process for screening voters.
  — Skyler Swisher, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022
• The Row showed their fall 2024 collection during Paris Fashion Week today, but you wouldn’t be faulted for not knowing about it.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2024
• Overall, Democrats are far more wary of faulting the president at all with regard to his son’s business dealings.
  — Colleen Long and Emily Swanson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
• Those aligned with prosecutors and police have faulted the other for failing to close the case sooner.
  — Gus Garcia-Roberts, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
• The report faults governments for imposing restrictions on investment that prevent foreign companies from entering key parts of regional economies, a need to build skills and weak management.
  — Elaine Kurtenbach, Fortune Asia, 1 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024