Example Sentences

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A van driver who killed the passenger of a broken-down car on a smart motorway where the safety alert system was malfunctioning has been given a suspended sentence.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

The program looked at 124 events, deciding whether a generator was malfunctioning, or whether the data was showing other types of events that are less noteworthy.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2023

The sounds were so loud that Jeffrey Nystuen, an oceanographer from the University of Washington who loaned her the hydrophones, believed the equipment was malfunctioning.

From National Geographic • Sep. 7, 2023

In both visits, the FDA inspectors found Catalent staff had repeatedly failed to investigate why equipment was malfunctioning.

From Reuters • Jul. 27, 2023

As it turned out, the water-level indicator was malfunctioning.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland