Failing

Examples

• The hearty old landlord was trying to look very cheerful and unconcerned, but failing signally in the attempt. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She seemed to be more soured and put out than distressed, by failing to find any traces of her daughter in these parts. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It was this intensely interesting side of bee life that attracted the attention of a clergyman in failing health, forced to seek out-of-door occupation, in the early forties. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We were failing under the accumulated fatigue of days and days of ceaseless marching. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• We have seen the Roman Republic wrecked, and here we see the church failing in its world mission very largely through ineffective electoral methods. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• You have possibly had other guns in reserve in case there should be several tigers, or in the unlikely supposition of your own aim failing you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Upon the whole, it was a comfortable winter to her; for though it brought no William to England, the never-failing hope of his arrival was worth much. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Perdita was sensible of the failing of the tide that fed her life. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• But failing, he laid her head gently down again, got a pillow and placed it under her dark hair, and sought on the table for a spoonful of brandy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• So accustomed was I to his invariable success that the very possibility of his failing had ceased to enter into my head. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I know he would be hurt by my failing in such a mark of respect to him on the present occasion. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Failing any other indication, my researches must now take the direction of an inquiry at the bank for the gentleman who has cashed these checks. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I can speak for myself--want of energy was not my failing. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• How I have lived I hardly know; many times have I stretched my failing limbs upon the sandy plain, and prayed for death. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I'm afraid it will be too disagreeable to you, said Meg, trying to look offended and failing entirely. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• His little failings would only have endeared him to you the more. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• On the other hand, she was disproportionately indulgent towards the failings of men, and was often heard to say that these were natural. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It is the same case with those penances, which men inflict on themselves for their past sins and failings. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• All her little failings would, I know, be a source of irritation to him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• This interesting gentleman,' said Eugene, 'is the son--the occasionally rather trying son, for he has his failings--of a lady of my acquaintance. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It is one of the failings of human nature to lay claim to that which somebody else has obtained, and is an old story which finds its first illustration in the squabbles of childhood. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• And wotsume'er the failings on his part, he were a corn and seedsman in his hart. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Be polite and obliging to all, and considerate towards every one's opinions, failings and prejudices. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She has her failings--as who has not? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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