How to Use failing grade/mark in a Sentence

failing grade/mark

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  • There was a failing grade for the strength and conditioning program.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2023
  • Last year, public schools in Houston found that 45% of Black and Hispanic students had at least one failing grade.
    — Collin Binkley, Chron, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Nearly 4 in 10 people live in an area that received a failing grade for at least one measure of air pollution, according to the report.
    — Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
  • The report also found that 1.5 million pregnant people lived in counties with a failing grade for at least one pollutant.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Unhealthy levels of pollution were defined as receiving a failing grade for one of the three metrics.
    — Dr. Suraj Patel, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2023
  • But the government gets a failing grade for its tobacco tax policy.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Nearly 2 in 5 Americans live in areas that had a failing grade for at least one air pollution measure, the report stated.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
  • His professor gave the paper a failing grade, explaining that no human being could stand barefoot in the snow for so long without his feet freezing off.
    — Cade Metz, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2023
  • But Sopko gave their efforts a failing grade, saying the Afghan air force hadn’t been able to get the qualified personnel needed to set itself on the road to independence.
    — NBC News, 18 Jan. 2022
  • All four saw population growth, although New Hampshire still received a failing grade due to its overall high tax burden.
    — Ted O'Neil, Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The professor gave Quarterman a failing grade and referred him to the same student affairs office that would adjudicate Stivers’ case.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2023
  • Echoing earlier research, the report also found that people of color were 61% more likely than white people to live in a county with a failing grade for at least one pollutant.
    — Bydr. Kerry Kennedy Meltzer, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Forfeiting the exam and receiving a rare failing grade, a panicked Abel later diverts his parents’ ire by claiming he was penalized for wearing the pin.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Some rankings still give Jefferson County’s air quality a failing grade.
    — Heather Gann | Hgann@al.com, al, 30 June 2023
  • Goodale's Snapchat messages also said the attack occurred because Graber had given a failing grade, Vileta testified Thursday.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
  • The local schools are overcrowded, the infrastructure is beyond capacity, and the engineering study of the intersection of York and Ridgely roads gave it a failing grade.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2024
  • In addition, the effort by state officials has been given a failing grade by a high-ranking Republican state senator.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The student's family felt failing grade wasn't an option and wanted to assignment removed entirely.
    — Fox News, 29 Apr. 2021
  • His boss, says Barnett, reposted by giving the inspector, who’d always received top grades in annual performance reviews, a failing mark on his 2014 card.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Nagging Questions In his career, Mr. Callington had never found a case of migrant child labor, which would trigger an automatic failing grade.
    — Hannah Dreier, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • This portion of Emerson Avenue currently has a failing grade in terms of traffic performance, according to project documents.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The pandemic’s grand online learning experiment has received a failing grade from students, teachers, and parents alike.
    — Anne Quito, Quartz, 5 June 2021
  • Anything below a 60 has traditionally been assigned a failing grade.
    — oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Faculty members can trigger a withdrawal policy if a student is disengaged with a course for 21 consecutive days, removing the class — and a possible failing grade — from the student’s records.
    — Ellie Wolfe, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2023

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