succeed
verb (used without object)
to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result.
were 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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“It’s very disappointing, because that is something we had worked especially hard on — we were succeeding with the police.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2022
“I’d start worrying about animal reservoirs more if we were succeeding in suppressing the virus, and then I could see it as somewhere it might hide.”
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 1, 2021
Reynolds, who assumed the governorship in 2017, became the first woman elected governor in 2018, when Democratic candidates were succeeding Republican governors in Wisconsin and Michigan, signaling that Iowa was more safely Republican.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2020
These large farms were succeeding by the end of the century, but small family farms continued to suffer.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
Apparently Dr. Schultz, who was running the lessons, did not realize how well they were succeeding.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
