How to Use infallible in a Sentence

infallible

adjective
  • I never claimed to be infallible.
  • There is no infallible remedy to these problems.
  • Not a great job, mind you, and certainly not an infallible one.
    Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2026
  • There is no one on the face of the Earth that has a memory that’s infallible.
    Monivette Cordeiro, orlandosentinel.com, 31 Dec. 2020
  • At-home tests are not infallible and are not a panacea for ending the pandemic.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Throughout our tests, this suitcase proved tough but not infallible.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The fake McGuckin was the highlight of the evening and was infallible.
    Richard Morin, azcentral, 11 July 2019
  • This is not an infallible statement that Pope Leo made.
    Zak Hudak, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • But anyone who’s ever watched a baseball game knows that umps—and eyes and minds—aren’t infallible.
    Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 1 June 2017
  • Experts are not infallible, science evolves, new facts emerge.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 6 Jan. 2026
  • But no source is infallible, and anyone who pretends to reach that goal is guilty of self-deception or worse.
    Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Instead, he was treated as an infallible saint.
    Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
  • If play is the show’s law, the infallible resilience of family structure is its moral core.
    Jean Garnett, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
  • The obvious takeaway here is that no one is infallible.
    Harry Kraemer, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • The drones are not infallible because the wind — or other drones — can cause the cables to tangle.
    ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Their bullpen is reliant on a handful of relievers who are not infallible.
    Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 July 2021
  • Saban and the Tide were no longer the infallible beasts of college football.
    Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The Supreme Court and its judges are not infallible or above criticism.
    Adriana Carranca, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • No one is infallible, of course, and a desire to hold people accountable could be taken too far.
    Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
  • But because no test is infallible, some cases will be missed and some people will be forced to miss work due to false positives.
    Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2020
  • If the system isn't infallible, why should courts expect residents to be?
    Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 24 Sep. 2017
  • To put our politicians on pedestals or treat them as infallible is to set them — and us — up for failure and disappointment.
    Sara Li, Teen Vogue, 15 Jan. 2020
  • The once-infallible party leader’s fall from grace was rapid and dramatic.
    Richard Collett, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2022
  • In the Middle Ages, kings ruled by divine right and were supposed to be infallible rulers.
    Paul Glover, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The infallible head of the Holy See, in all his sovereignty, saying the quiet part out loud?
    Fran Tirado, Them, 20 Dec. 2024
  • So why does a segment of the audience seem to want these legacy characters to be infallible?
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2023
  • Something while not infallible might slow the new frightening rise of infections and death.
    Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 6 Aug. 2021
  • That said, West was not infallible, and the draft is a Jackson Pollock paint job.
    Sporting Green Staff, SFChronicle.com, 14 Nov. 2020
  • The messy third act, and its insistence on making Natasha infallible, doesn’t ruin the film.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 9 July 2021
  • Choose between a 6-count tin and 12-count tin for the perfect, often infallible, gift idea.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 27 July 2022

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