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How to use failed in a sentence

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The system that pressurizes the airplane's cabin failed to operate correctly.
After the defeat of Hock Keys, Welsh took a month break, partly due to a failed show by Tim Callahan.
Because of the enemy's strong defensive preparations, and the darkness, with the resulting confusion, the attack failed with 25 casualties.
D'Erlon's corps stormed the most fortified Allied position, La Haye Sainte, but failed to take it.
Large houses were turned into flats and tenements, and as landlords failed to maintain these dwellings, slum housing developed.
Searle says the methods of the suffragettes did succeed in damaging the Liberal party but failed to advance the cause of women's suffrage.
Charles has failed to follow the example of his mother, the queen, who has heroically kept her mouth shut for more than 50 years.
The Commonwealth attempted to dislodge Axis forces in May and again in June, but failed on both occasions.
After that, the Western Allies slowly pushed into Germany, but failed to cross the Ruhr river in a large offensive.
The bombing failed to demoralise the British into surrender or significantly damage the war economy.
The first attack merely damaged the rail network for three days, and the second attack failed altogether.
The Luftwaffe lost 18 percent of the bombers sent on the operations that day, and failed to gain air superiority.
By now, the imminent threat of invasion had all but passed as the Luftwaffe had failed to gain the prerequisite air superiority.
The defences failed to prevent widespread damage but on some occasions did prevent German bombers concentrating on their targets.
However, the attacks failed to knock out or damage railways, or port facilities for long, even in the Port of London, a target of many attacks.
However, as with the attacks in the south, the Germans failed to prevent maritime movements or cripple industry in the regions.
The air offensive against the RAF and British industry failed to have the desired effect.
The Ottoman Empire had failed to raise revenue and a monopoly of effective armed forces.
This was the first time since the European elections of 1984 that the largest opposition party had failed to win the most seats.
They failed to gain a single Member of the European Parliament at this election.
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