How to Use succeed in a Sentence

succeed

verb
  • The plan just might succeed.
  • She will succeed him as chair of the committee.
  • You can succeed where others failed.
  • Both of them have ambitions to succeed the prime minister.
  • Their attempt seemed unlikely to succeed.
  • The Queen died and was succeeded by James I.
  • James I succeeded to the throne upon the Queen's death in 1603.
  • None of this means the project cannot succeed.
    — Michelle Grau, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
  • So, yes, no one succeeds alone.
    — Jed Brewer, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
  • So much is required of us to succeed.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The investors who succeed long-term do the same.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • There’s almost no chance that this plan will succeed.
    — The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Who is succeeding with it, and why?
    — Harvard Business Review, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The last-minute effort did not succeed.
    — Nick Wooten, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Nancy Pelosi weighs in on the race to succeed her.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 29 May 2026
  • But Meta might not need an endless scroll to succeed.
    — Parmy Olson, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • But Meta might not need an endless scroll to succeed.
    — Parmy Olson, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
  • All told, 16 of 22 bees succeed in this task.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 4 June 2026
  • Ren had long said his children would not succeed him at Huawei.
    — Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2022
  • Whether the novel succeeds or not is for readers to judge.
    — Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
  • People who succeed in their careers tend to be those who have strong brands.
    — Tracy Brower, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022
  • The problem for kickers is that many don’t succeed right away.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Neither knows which will succeed.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 20 June 2026
  • Neither knows which will succeed.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 May 2026
  • Four Democrats are running to succeed her.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Young people arrive, some stay and some go, some succeed and some fail.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
  • His oldest is being groomed to succeed him.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Few experts believed the test case would succeed.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Can Board succeed where others failed?
    — Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
  • With bribes and luck, the man somehow succeeded.
    — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026

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