sudden failure

Death, in his opinion, had been probably due to shock and sudden failure of the heart's action.

"They don't want to let them go into the rest of the school community for fear they will meet sudden failure," he said.

The brakes were working throughout the day, and a sudden failure is highly unlikely, he noted.

This can cause a sudden failure during medium sized rain events.

If she could not find a node, any sudden failure of the fading field would sink her.

Degradation of materials in this environment can lead to reduced performance and, in some cases, sudden failure.

Thermal runaway can cause sudden failures including melting, fire or explosions.

Spontaneous selling began on the world's stock markets, a sudden failure of faith in the Empire's credibility.

Teidin's shoulders sagged with the sudden failure of his hopes.

Sudden failures, although rare, can occur as well.

The House bill also permits the Treasury to rule whether a given bank's sudden failure would damage the financial system or a regional economy.

Felix had grown so accustomed to the dim greenish light that its sudden failure shocked him.

He was well fit and worked as usual until the week before his death, when he had a sudden failure of heart and kidney.

There may be a lot of challenges in a person's life, and he may face accidents, sudden failures, money and health problems.

To the extent that Hay found anyone interesting any more, Theodore's sudden failure of nerve was fascinating.

No matter how an application terminates (be it a clean close or the sudden failure of a laptop battery), the state will persist.

The accident drew public attention to the potential for metal fatigue to cause sudden failure of the structure of a modern civil aircraft.

Every one would concede that the supervisor could not be responsible for a sudden failure of transformers forty-five minutes after inspection time.

Another explanation for the sudden failure of the transporter was one he really didn't want to consider, but it crept into his mind unbidden regardless.

Knowing that was no great comfort to her when she considered the potential for human error, or for a sudden failure in such an ancient system.

I wanted to ask if the European Union's international obligations contribute towards the insolvency and sudden failure of businessmen.

In the past, the sudden failure of these dams has resulted in localized property damage, injury and deaths.

A heat wave combined with the sudden failure of two large power generators prompted hours of rotating blackouts in California.

There were power droughts; sudden failures of the delta-inducer brought painfully abrupt returns to consciousness.

Robinton was resident in the Hall when Betrice died of a sudden failure of her heart.