Failings
[feɪlɪŋz]
Examples
- 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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