Examples of 'he had failed' in a sentence

Meaning of "he had failed"

This phrase indicates that someone did not succeed in a particular endeavor or task. It implies that the person experienced a lack of success or achieved an undesirable outcome

How to use "he had failed" in a sentence

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he had failed
He realized he had failed to appreciate her presence.
The quest was over and he had failed.
I think he had failed five or six times.
Then he finally accepted that he had failed.
He felt that he had failed in his mission.
He had failed to do so in the preceding four years.
He certainly knew he had failed in this work.
And he had failed miserably in his attempt.
I did not want him to think he had failed.
He had failed a previous course of yohimbine HCl.
He felt like he had failed his friend.
In time he would learn that he had failed.
Because he had failed to make you dare to shot.
I was not doubtless whether he had failed.
He had failed two women who loved him.

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But this time he had failed to hang up in time.
He had failed in business and politics.
That was something he had failed to understand.
He had failed to realize his dream.
He felt that he had failed as a preacher.
He had failed to keep her safe.
Leitner knew he had failed them.
But he had failed to remember the exact year.
No one told me that he had failed.
It was a spell he had failed to execute several hundred times.
The dad thought he had failed.
This time he had failed still more miserably.
Cross was supposed to protect her and he had failed.
He had failed to look after her.
He wondered if he had failed his parents.
He had failed two or three grades.
He had had his chance and he had failed.
He knew he had failed and would be punished severely.
And he knew he had failed.
He had failed to return a signed contract.
It bothered him to think he had failed even one of them.
He had failed to conquer the aneurysms.
I was surprised that he had failed.
That he had failed his family.
But he was told this morning he had failed a drugs test.
He felt he had failed in his stewardship.
David thought he had failed.
Thus he had failed as miserably as all others of his kind.
That was the first and only task he had failed to do.
He had failed to communicate that to me.
The complainant was informed that he had failed this test.
He had failed to report this when he received the money.
He was glad that he had failed.
He had failed to capture him.
I think he left feeling as though he had failed her somehow.

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