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How to use fails in a sentence

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To cut a long story short, he returns from market slightly drunk and fails to lock up properly.
If the marriage fails because there are no children or the wife is unfaithful, the family of the man can demand a return of the money.
But he fails to acknowledge the equally unreasonable scorn heaped on the anti-capitalists' ideas by conventional politicians.
Once other causes have been excluded, symptomatic treatment can include antipyretics, antidiarrhoeal agents and if all else fails, steroids.
The average citizen fails to appreciate civil liberties precisely because in this country they can be taken for granted.
Some prolific authors write the same book over and over, and others write books so different that their work fails to add up to a single whole.
I strongly believe the education system fails young LGBTI people every day.
The most simple, effortless view, the view that fails to go deep enough to stir any real thought.
Even if one forgives his poetic license with the facts, the book fails on the grounds that its arguments are incoherent.
The only misstep in the film is the cinematography, which is fuzzy, often unfocused and fails to take best advantage of the rich natural scenery.
As happens so often when a side fails to take its chances, it throws a lifeline to the opposition.
If one part fails, all dependent functions fail too because of the interdependencies among the components.
New cap Scott MacLeod is one of Scotland's bright young lights, but Gray fails to shine.
He fails to field balls anymore and, apart from his frees, is only a shadow of what he was.
If the London bid fails then it is likely that a decision on an alternative host city will be made by next spring.
The sad thing about people who confidently predict the apocalypse is that they look so foolish when it fails to materialise.
A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship.
His job as Great Britain coach must be on the line if he fails to beat world champions Australia.
He fails miserably in trying to capture the minds of the unenthused students.
What of the conductor who fails to execute adequately the rallentando or the ritenuto markings on his musical score?
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