But he never failed to write his newspaper column.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

Now never mind that our own experience with virgins has failed to afford us such a spectacle of bodily transformation.

没有关系，如果我们关于贞操的知识,之前未能告诉我们如此壮观的身体转换。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Cazeau had never spoken angrily to her or called her names or failed to give her everything she wanted.

VOA: special.2009.06.27