7 sentences with 'failures'
Example sentences and phrases with the word failures and other words derived from it.
• « It is possible that Dr. Epstein's great determination came from his school failures, or perhaps he inherited it. »
• « Dr. Epstein points out that in neurosurgery, as perhaps in all aspects of life, failures are as important as successes. »
• « The failures of philosophy and religion will hardly leave room to prove or disprove the episodes in question, although there is no choice: one or the other is still impossible. If there are those who come back from the dead and the reality is more fantastic than we can imagine, life will be incomprehensible until we know "something" of this other world, with luminous beings and dark tunnels. »
• « Crop failures caused these farmers to disappear, their lands devoured by the holdings of wealthy aristocrats. As had happened in the Roman Republic so long ago, the problem was that there were no soldiers to recruit, and armies dwindled. »
• « A series of crop failures led to periods of famine in Europe from the early 14th century onwards. »
• « These efforts to create absolutist kingdoms succeeded, at least in part, in places like Sweden and Denmark, but were disastrous failures in places like Spain and England. »
• « Overall, one of the most glaring failures of the Scientific Revolution to overcome social prejudices was the marked tendency of male scientists to use the new science to reinforce sexist stereotypes rather than break them down. »