succeed
verb (used without object)
to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result.
was succeeding
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past progressiveof succeed.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Puttnam, whose credits include Chariots of Fire, The Killing Fields and Midnight Express, said he was "over the moon" that such a "hugely respected figure" was succeeding him.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
As a baseball player, the scoreboard always told him if he was succeeding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
A statement from the Post said only that D'Onofrio was succeeding Lewis "effective immediately."
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
Reporting Boeing’s fifth consecutive quarterly loss last October, Calhoun asserted a more transparent culture was succeeding in identifying assembly-line deficiencies.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
The lakebed was on a mission to bury the base, the men, and all of their planes, and it was succeeding.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
