Sentence examples of "failed" in English

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Mayuko failed to see Meg. Mayuko n'a pas pu voir Meg.
He failed to come yesterday. Il n'a pas pu venir hier.
The electricity failed during the storm. Le courant s'est coupé durant la tempête.
He tried several times, but failed. Il essaya plusieurs fois mais ne réussit pas.
He failed to come on time. Il ne parvint pas à arriver à l'heure.
The electricity failed during the typhoon. Il y a eu une panne d'électricité pendant le typhon.
I tried but failed to stop him. J'ai tenté en vain de l'arrêter.
This semester I failed two students for plagiarism. Ce semestre, j'ai collé deux de mes étudiants pour plagiat.
He completely failed to understand why she got angry. Il n'a rien compris aux raisons de sa colère.
Not being watchful, the driver failed to stop in time. Inattentif, le conducteur ne put s'arrêter à temps.
He failed to escape from the fire and burned to death. Tardant à s'échapper de l'incendie, il est mort.
He failed in business, and to make matters worse, his wife fell ill. Son affaire a fait faillite, et pour couronner le tout, sa femme est tombée malade.
Experts have failed to come up with an explanation of why the explosion happened. Les experts ne sont pas parvenus à expliquer l'origine de l'explosion.
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