People in this situation are asked to explain their failure to vote.

There are other factors, too, to explain England's failure so far.

I hope this explains my failure to answer the questions of you and your friends.

For it would be very hard to explain his failure if those twenty-two men and women died.

Nor had he ever really explained his failure to search for her.

How else to explain her failure to flee the room when she had the chance?

Those demands also help explain his failure to appear in this country.

Nor did the museum explain its failure to the employees' satisfaction.

When they looked for reasons to explain their own failure, though, the Giants had few answers.

One young man, explaining his failure to take part, said, "I would never vote in this election."