How to Use success in a Sentence

success

noun
  • The growth of the tourism industry is one of the city's great successes.
  • Success came easily to him.
  • She is country music's most recent success.
  • What does success look like to you?
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The track record of success is just so long.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Its success this time could have been a fluke.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025
  • That doesn’t seem like a recipe for success.
    — Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • But that’s not the headspace that could lead to success.
    — Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 8 May 2026
  • Our success isn’t based on speed; it’s based on trust.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
  • And, by now, the joy of play-in success has worn thin.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Close enough to success to see it, but not close enough to reach it.
    — Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Must have been weird to deal with that at the same time as all the success.
    — Gary Graff, cleveland, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Winning in year one helped set year two up for success.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
  • It was meant to be a stepping stone for success.
    — Essence, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Too many founders think business success comes at a price.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • He was used to not having success.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Paramedics worked at the scene without success to save his life.
    — Jill Lawless, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2021
  • The first tour stop was a smashing success.
    — Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • You’re blessed to see somebody have that much success.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
  • And what a success the visa program has been, for them and for us.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Bill Ott from the church sent word that the event was a big success.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 5 Jan. 2021
  • A lot of bands start up for the love of it and the art, and then find success maybe.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
  • They are matched for the third-most instances of this kind of success.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Not to worry though, these recipes are sure to set you up for success.
    — Sunset Magazine, 14 Nov. 2023
  • With each success, we are mired further.
    — Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The film’s success proves the model works.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Still, the show’s success also opened doors.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 20 Feb. 2026
  • But this kind of populism does not have a track record of success for the left.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
  • No one had been harmed in the test flight, which was publicly deemed a success.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Mar. 2021
  • He’s spent enough time around wealth and success to know how fragile both can be.
    — Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026

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