succeed
Example Sentences
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Her administration succeeded in bringing down crime in the capital, which now sees fewer killings per capita than many U.S. cities.
From Los Angeles Times
I tried to shake her off and succeeded in freeing my arm only to have my bad leg give out and drop back onto the deck with a tailbone-bruising thump.
From Literature
But can its connections help it actually succeed when so many other small L.A. theaters don’t?
From Los Angeles Times
The vote will test whether young Nepalis have succeeded in convincing the rest of the country that it is time for a new, untried generation to shape their future.
From BBC
He took it as proof that force, used decisively, could succeed where decades of diplomacy had failed.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
