Example Sentences

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By his account, he went from being an awkward ugly duckling who was flunking out of middle school in Kansas, to a military academy cadet who embraced a love of study.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2016

Meanwhile, as the Chancellor was flunking some of his own fiscal tests, this Budget flunked a test that others had set him - to simplify the UK's horribly complex taxation system.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2016

“I left in 1932,” he once said, “after one of the brothers told me I was flunking everything and should stick to music.”

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2012

A polo-loving playboy, his main claim to fame until now was flunking out of the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

I wasn't supposed to come back after Christmas vacation on account of I was flunking four subjects and not applying myself and all.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger