| Even the beneficient rainfall had failed to attract animal life to the basaltic waste, and the genius of silence seemed to brood over all. |
| Ontario lawmakers voted to impose fines on workers and the union if they failed to heed a back-to-work order. |
| The system that pressurizes the airplane's cabin failed to operate correctly. |
| After three failed marriages I realised that I may have been barking up the wrong tree and should abandon the search for the perfect wife. |
| The movie failed to satisfy her curiosity about the assassination. |
| He failed in his first attempt but succeeded in his second attempt. |
