Example Sentences

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Inside the brains of people with psychosis, two key systems are malfunctioning: a "filter" that directs attention toward important external events and internal thoughts, and a "predictor" composed of pathways that anticipate rewards.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2024

Nearby, a man named Ahmed sat with his relatives, waiting for his brother, whose kidneys are malfunctioning, to board the flight to Amman.

From Washington Post • May 16, 2022

Gallagher pointed out that fire department regulations prohibit running the trains in an improvised manner, when any of the alarms, circuits or other fire safety systems are malfunctioning.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2022

TechCrunch reported that links on the Prime Day landing page are malfunctioning and sending visitors to error pages, but that accessing the site through smile.amazon.com seems to be an effective workaround.

From Slate • Jul. 16, 2018

At first, it scared me, but now I realize that half the time, when the alarms go off, it’s the machines that are malfunctioning, not the people.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman