1. Failed
Our project failed.
You don't have to think you aren't going to make it just because others have failed.
My memory failed me. I just couldn't remember his name.
The reason why you failed is you did not try hard enough.
Police have failed to turn up any new evidence about the murder.
He failed to see the stop sign at the intersection and hit an oncoming car.
Attempts to negotiate a peace treaty failed.
Her husband, having failed to obtain promotion, retired at the age of 55.
They have both failed to find the most serious problem that has ever faced our planet.
He emphasised carrying out promises made to the people, but he failed to uphold many commitments.
The reason the Northern and Southern Dynasties had failed in their rule was that they allowed literary splendor to surpass real substance.
Some analysts consider Somalia as the failed state par excellence.
Institutions, however noble their missions, have failed to replace the family.
In the style of conceited people, he lards his sentences with ill-digested English words. A kind of failed dandy, deprived of class.
No matter how busy he was while living abroad, he never failed to write home to his parents at least once a week.