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Definition of Failings
1. failing [n] - See also: failing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Failings
Literary usage of Failings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages: Classified Subjectively and by Robert Christy (1887)
"His failings leaned to virtue's side. Goldsmith. 2. ... We carry our neighbor's
failings in sight; we throw our own over our shoulders. Faint Heart. 1. ..."
2. A Memoir of the Life of Daniel Webster by Samuel Lorenzo Knapp (1831)
"That Mr. Webster has failings no one will deny ; for what mortal ever ... But his
failings are not such as injure his faculties or impair his usefulness. ..."
3. Contemporary Theories of Unemployment and of Unemployment Relief by Frederick Cecil Mills (1917)
"ment and individual failings perpetuate each other in a vicious circle of ...
PROPOSED REMEDIES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT DUE TO PERSONAL failings The first step to ..."
4. Roman Life Under the Caesars by Emile Thomas (1899)
"... character—Some of his failings strike us as very singular; his vanity and
credulity; he is somewhat narrow-minded ; others of his failings, however, ..."
5. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV. and King by Charles Greville (1875)
"... Lord Grey—Distressed State of the Country—Canning's Greatness and his
failings—Death of Tierney—Sir Martin Shoe President—The Duke of Wellington's Views ..."
6. History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1857)
"... —Saints—Folly and the Popes—Attack on Science—Principles— Greek New Testament—His
Profession of Faith.—His Labours and Influence—His failings—Two ..."
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