We also use laughter to mask our incompetence and to cover for possible failure.

The deed should be done because it was worth doing, without regard to possible failure.

But the spectre of possible failure is real all the same.

David wondered again about a possible failure of her immune response.

The fourth point of possible failure was simple and brutal.

But for all the qualifications and warnings about possible failure, hope is rising among cancer patients.

And each side is positioning itself to be able to blame the other for any possible failure.

Zook seemed determined not to let his team be crushed by possible early failure.

A preliminary look at the engine indicated a possible failure in the turbine section.