Example Sentences

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I have a similar complaint, but this relates to a toilet that is malfunctioning.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

The robot is malfunctioning and in need of a reset.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

Rather than blasting the whole brain with bolts of electricity or saturating it with drugs, it makes far more sense to stimulate the precise neural circuit that is malfunctioning.

From Scientific American • Mar. 11, 2020

It is the only modern Boeing jet without an electronic alert system that explains what is malfunctioning and how to resolve it.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2019

Additionally, their practice harmonizes with a common but vicious dramatization of many people which goes: when a body is malfunctioning, it is a bad body and needs to be punished.

From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve