I'm a complete failure.
He suffered of kidney failure.
We had a power failure due to the storm.
Because he didn't have a job, most people considered him a failure in life.
Limitations would be the length of your sentence; that which you would be required to do once your Probabtation or Parole officer has violated you for Failure to Comply with the law and language of your sentence.
There was no excuse for the team's failure.
The event was a colossal failure
The word "failure" typically has the most negative connotation in a sentence.
While you could construct the sentence in that way it might be more usual to use a different form such as... He was destined for failure in the examination.
His obstinate attitude led to the failure of his marriage.
Failure is the bane of my existence.-OR-Drinking was the bane of his existence.
After finding out that he had heart failure, he tried to conceal it by killing himself.
The wretchedness of failure is the great attraction of success
A fatalist will usually not even try because of their belief in failure.