"fail" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He narrowly failed to win but tried again two days later.
- The motion failed narrowly, on a vote of 118 to 105.
- Although the measure narrowly failed, its strong support was seen as a critical first step to possible victories in other states.
- During the 1908 season, Crawford narrowly failed to complete his third double.
- They came close to promotion once more in 2010-11 but narrowly failed finishing third.
- The result was a surprise as most commentators had expected the bill to narrowly fail.
- In the 1909 election he narrowly failed re-election as deputy.
- The attempt on her life had failed only narrowly.
- He retired as party leader having narrowly failed to become Taoiseach in 1965.
- The previous season he had recorded his highest average, 34.78, but narrowly failed to reach a thousand runs.
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