How to Use fault in a Sentence

fault

1 of 2 noun
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  • If the book has a fault, it's that it's too long.
  • Lack of courage is his worst fault.
  • It's your own fault you missed that bus.
  • She committed too many faults to win the match.
  • Through no fault of his own, he won't be able to attend the meeting.
  • The drought of earthquakes on the San Andreas fault will not last.
    — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
  • What happened next, while not Boyd's fault, put the Tigers in a hole.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2023
  • What happened in the Glover case, and others like it, is not all Pope’s fault.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • His sentences were clear, bold, and blunt, perhaps at times to a fault.
    — Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2023
  • That’s just kind of the fault of lazy writers and lazy reviewers.
    — Daniel Scheffler, SPIN, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Joseph said the turf, newly installed at Churchill Downs, was not at fault.
    — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2023
  • Earthquakes are caused by a slip on a fault, which is a fracture zone between two blocks of rock.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
  • There are about 100 faults known to be active inside the borders of Arizona.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2023
  • The only fault in their opinion was the existence of a scent with this remover.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 8 July 2023
  • But the way to move forward is to admit your faults and frailties, and to seek to be forgiven.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The initial collision was clearly the fault of the human driver, who fled the scene.
    — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Feb. 2024
  • During an earthquake, the rock on one side of the fault suddenly slips with respect to the other.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 17 June 2023
  • SiR is private, opening up for the first time about his personal life and most of all — his faults.
    — Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2024
  • They’re also attacked all over again, as if what happened to them is their fault.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The festival’s legal argument can be boiled down to it was the boys’ fault.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2023
  • Wasn’t his fault that most of his teammates were so average.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2023
  • For all its many, many faults, Hollywood at least had a system.
    — Anonymous, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2023
  • According to the police, the teen had been seen driving recklessly and was found to be at fault.
    — Matt Richtel, New York Times, 29 July 2023
  • The Celtics are skilled at calling out their mistakes and admitting fault.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
  • But my position was, very clearly, that wasn’t the fault of music.
    — Bob Guccione Jr, Spin, 20 Sep. 2023
  • In the run-up to the show’s 2023 season—its fourteenth—producers have admitted to (most of) these faults.
    — James Hansen, Bon Appétit, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Or are those who end up scandalized at fault for taking the obvious bait in the first place?
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2024
  • On the old Twitter, for all its faults, that was impossible.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Note that the generative AI per se is not at fault for these worst practices.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Regardless of who was at fault, had the Sox made that play, Paxton would have been one pitch away from a one-run inning.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
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fault

2 of 2 verb
  • The truck driver was faulted for the accident.
  • I can't fault him for trying to protect his family.
  • Many have faulted her for not acting sooner.
  • Die-hard Trump fans didn’t fault Lake for switching sides.
    — Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Still, the Germany can't be faulted for lack of effort.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • To fault Bruce Springsteen for loving soul music would be a slight to the music.
    — David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The same general description the court used to fault the old plan applies to the new one, too.
    — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Most marsquakes are believed to occur due to fault movements.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2022
  • People did not fault the mayor or the police for what had happened.
    — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
  • People just want to enjoy the pleasures that old money affords, and who can fault them?
    — Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2022
  • This design is a great way to get on the cowboy boot trend without faulting on comfort.
    — Nikita Charuza, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Experts in the use of weapons on set have faulted Halls for handling the gun, saying that only the armorer and the actor should hold it.
    — Variety, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Besides their steep price, there’s not much to fault these luxurious linen sheets for.
    — Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Some activists fault the White House for the lack of energy surrounding the issue.
    — Molly Jong-Fast, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2022
  • If the server from Team 1 doesn't fault and wins the point, the server and Team 1 partner switch service areas and makes another serve.
    — USA Today, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Still, Pharoah can't fault the guy or his dating history.
    — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Church affiliation is just one of the Ukraine-vs.-Russia fault lines that now split this country, along with language and even styles of borscht.
    — Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022
  • To fault director Nolan for not showing the effects misses the point about the viewpoint of Oppenheimer.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • On the other hand, its power, smoothness, appointments, and all-around velvety feel are hard to fault.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 9 Feb. 2023
  • For Clawson, there was little to fault in his team’s effort and preparation.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Thankfully, Wright knows that the fandom doesn’t blame her or fault her performance.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2023
  • One can’t be faulted for gingerly poking their head outside to see what’s up with the spring weather.
    — oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2023
  • On Wednesday, Nick Saban agreed with them, but didn’t fault anyone for being negative about the team.
    — Matt Stahl | Mstahl@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2023
  • With the Trojans coming off five losses in their last six games, few faulted him for sitting out the Holiday Bowl.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • More than half the book is devoted to the recreation opportunities in Alaska, which is hard to fault.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2022
  • His response didn’t fault his agency’s process for screening voters.
    — Skyler Swisher, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The Row showed their fall 2024 collection during Paris Fashion Week today, but you wouldn’t be faulted for not knowing about it.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Overall, Democrats are far more wary of faulting the president at all with regard to his son’s business dealings.
    — Colleen Long and Emily Swanson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Those aligned with prosecutors and police have faulted the other for failing to close the case sooner.
    — Gus Garcia-Roberts, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Thomas faulted himself for allowing Melton to get behind him.
    — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024

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