But his parachute, if he had one, failed to open.

Other polling stations failed to open when judges did not show up.

One night it failed to open and the band was stuck inside.

Others opened late, then turned hundreds of people away at night and failed to open the next day as promised.

"Unfortunately, they failed to open it for several hours, though very powerful tools have been used."

Her hand shook so that she failed at first to open it.

I even failed to open the lobby door for an old woman close behind me.

She tried and failed to open the narrow door next to the chute.

She was the team's leader in the event but her gate failed to open properly.

They fired several times at one lock but failed to open it.