Example Sentences

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The Spokane Street Bridge has malfunctioned occasionally in the two years of the main West Seattle Bridge’s closure, including on May 11, when it was closed for about 90 minutes.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2022

Since then, many customers say, Bartell’s online prescription refill system has malfunctioned.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2021

Cancer, by definition, means something has gone very wrong within — a cell has malfunctioned and multiplied.

From Scientific American • Nov. 9, 2019

That said, here is how to survive after jumping out of a plane and realizing your parachute has malfunctioned:

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2015

Our server reports it will not just be for a fuel stop—some part has malfunctioned and must be replaced.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins