| Even the beneficient rainfall had failed to attract animal life to the basaltic waste, and the genius of silence seemed to brood over all. |
| Rocard, whose two marriages had failed during his long years as the left's boy scout, was reported to be living with a psychoanalyst. |
| As he packed, he sifted through the detritus of a failed relationship. |
| The movie failed to satisfy her curiosity about the assassination. |
| The system that pressurizes the airplane's cabin failed to operate correctly. |
| They failed to declare all of their earnings on their tax return. |
