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How to Use "Fault" with Example Sentences
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fault
(n):
responsibility for something wrong; a bad characteristic; flaw; error in tennis; a break in the layers of rock in the earth's crust
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Used with adjectives:
"
The loss was my own
stupid
fault
.
"
(stupid)
"
His
biggest
fault
was being too confident.
"
(biggest, greatest)
"
Her
main
fault
is laziness.
"
(main, major, only)
"
He is very critical of his
personal
faults
.
"
(personal)
"
His plan has many
major
faults
.
"
(major, minor, dangerous, serious, possible)
"
That is a
common
fault
of this machine.
"
(common)
"
He committed a
foot
fault
and lost the tennis match.
"
(foot, double)
"
They are conducting research on a major
geological
fault
.
"
(geological)
Used with verbs:
"
The
fault
lies with
her parents.
"
(lies with)
"
We all
have
our
faults
.
"
(have)
"
He
overlooks
people's
faults
.
"
(overlooks)
"
She rudely
pointed out
all of my
faults
.
"
(pointed out)
"
He learned to
accept
his
faults
.
"
(accept, acknowledge, see, recognize)
"
She
admitted
that her biggest
fault
is being late.
"
(admitted, realized)
"
We
are looking for
any
faults
in his plan.
"
(be + looking for, be + identifying, be + locating, be + finding)
"
My mother always
finds
fault
with anything I do.
"
(finds)
"
We are trying to
correct
any
faults
in the system.
"
(correct, fix, repair)
"
She keeps
serving
double
faults
.
"
(serving)
Used with prepositions:
"
She wasn't
at
fault
for the accident.
"
(at)
"
Despite his claim, he was not
without
fault
.
"
(without)
"
She lost her job due to the economy, not
through
any
fault
of her own.
"
(through)
"
Being late is a major
fault
in
the trading business.
"
(in)
"
His mother finds
fault
with
everything he does.
"
(with)
Used with nouns:
"
They are looking at the nearby
fault
line
.
"
(line, system, zone)
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