Example Sentences

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"When you are exercising hard, there is damage to the muscle and some of the mitochondria will malfunction," said Lee.

From Science Daily • Sep. 18, 2023

My prediction — just a guess — Is that this administration will malfunction under stress.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2016

Well, occasionally one sat will malfunction, but it looks as if at least a dozen have stopped reporting all at once.

From The Runaway Asteroid by Cooper, Michael D., [pseud.]