Better to report failure and live to attack another day, especially with the town watch at hand.
Like it or not, he would also have to report failure.
But early next morning a rider came in to report flat failure.
Those who fail are not swift to report their failure.
It pained him to have to report failure to his leader.
If she reported failure on an assignment, no questions or pressure came down through Bauer.
We dreaded going back and reporting our failure to the committee - at least I did.
I showed him my bleeding hand and reported my failure.
And it looks to me as if we will have to report failure to Star Fleet.