Example Sentences

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Many readers flunked at least a few questions in the first quiz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

They faced a test and they flunked it.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

But he flunked his second effort, meaning he had to produce something special in his third run -- and he did not disappoint.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

CDI imposed the original penalty after Baffert’s 2021 Derby winner, Medina Spirit, flunked a post-race drug test.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024

“Right, then I left my wallet in school and couldn’t pay for my potato wedgies. Then when I got home I banged up my ankle and found out that I flunked my English test.”

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers