¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Failed
1. fail [v] - See also: fail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Failed
Literary usage of Failed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance by Herbert George Wells (1897)
"... THE PLAN THAT failed ' BUT now," said Kemp, with a side glance out of the
window, " what are we to do? " He moved nearer his guest as he spoke in such a ..."
2. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"Her silence clearly demonstrated that she knew nothing about the matter, and had
failed to comprehend his meaning, so that out of complaisance he said to ..."
3. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"In this treatise, being blinded by corporeal images, he failed to discern the
spiritual nature of God. BUT I saw not yet, the hinge on which this great ..."
4. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"... graces it was capable of; and in particular never failed to bring the found
of his line to a beautiful agreement * Virgil owes but little obligation to ..."
5. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"VII. ' And now, do not imagine that your soldiers and their BC ju. 15- generals
have failed in the fulfilment of the duty which you ..."
6. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1921)
"My brain failed me completely; I stared stupidly down at the cheese, and got no
farther. " It is really too confoundedly crabbed writing," I exclaimed in ..."
7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"case when a piece of hide one centimeter square gave a distinct test by the
bacteriological test, while five times the quantity failed to respond to Marsh's ..."
Other Resources:
