How to Use failure in a Sentence

failure

noun

• The drought caused crop failure.
• The scheme was a complete failure.
• He was often crippled by his fear of failure.
• The accident was caused by a failure to use proper procedures.
• He felt like a failure when he wasn't accepted into law school.
• The accident was caused by engine failure.
• The patient was suffering from heart failure.
• She was criticized for failure to follow directions.
• He became discouraged by his repeated failures in business.
• This failure led to the end of the program by the early 1980s.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
• That sounds to me a little bit of a recipe for failure.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2023
• Many hits to the DNA could lead to cell death and organ failure.
  — Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023
• That was the case in the zombie failure of Bed Bath & Beyond.
  — Bernard Condon, Fortune, 7 June 2024
• But the glow of success, and even more so the pall of failure, is always shared.
  — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
• The Fed was critical of its own role in the bank's failure.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2023
• The first crisis was marked by a slew of failures among banks and thrifts in the early 1980s.
  — Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
• Their failure to capture 50% of the vote, though, forced the two into a June 27 runoff.
  — Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023
• It’s filled with hard work, failures and plenty of lessons learned.
  — Medhat Zaki, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
• Over the previous four years the failure rate was about 20%.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2022
• Real failure is letting your ego drive the bus of your life right off the cliff.
  — Kate Guadagnino, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2024
• Questioning the concepts of success and failure is one of the keys of the series.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023
• He was cited for failure to yield to a stop sign and for not wearing a seat belt.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2022
• After that though, ask yourself what was the purpose of the failure?
  — Eric Roberson, Billboard, 29 June 2023
• The success or failure of those plans will go a long way in determing if the Guardians can win the AL Central.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022
• In some cases, the odds of failure are so high and the consequences so dire that the act is reckless.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 7 July 2022
• Gazprom says the reduction is due to a failure at one of the turbines that pumps gas though the pipeline.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 27 July 2022
• God please protect him from the failures of the fatherless.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 8 Apr. 2024
• By all metrics, the High-Speed Rail is a colossal failure.
  — Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
• Ensure your team members learn how to code securely, promote an approach where nobody is blamed after a failure, and value those who report issues quickly.
  — Sai Sandeep Ogety, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
• Extreme heat can cause wiring insulation to deteriorate faster, leading to shorts or failures in electrical components.
  — Bethany Wales, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2025