Example Sentences

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If Claire Hanna succeeds in her declared intention of growing the SDLP’s electoral reach she will have succeeded where her predecessors have failed in recent times.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2024

This show hasn’t gotten great reviews so far, but if it can make that suffering real — if it can humanize the origins of this monstrous tragedy — it will have succeeded at something worthy.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2017

"It's more than a bit fanciful that where John Kerry failed to persuade Vladimir Putin to abandon the S-300s sale to Syria, Benjamin Netanyahu will have succeeded," says Syria specialist Michael Weiss.

From BBC • May 27, 2013

As long as he can keep his mouth shut in response to the slings and arrows they hurl at him, he will have succeeded.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2010

If this be the fruit of your labors, you will have succeeded; if not, you will have failed.

From Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Van Dyke, John Charles