How to Use successful in a Sentence

successful

adjective
  • Or will one of them be successful and try to start a coup in hell?
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 24 Jan. 2020
  • One is to take care of kids, give them a chance to be successful.
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • And he's been very successful at that.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
  • All of [the shows] have been successful.
    — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
  • All of [the shows] have been successful.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • All of [the shows] have been successful.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2026
  • This is the most successful method.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The top answer was to have a quick and successful war.
    — CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • But if Wright is successful, these are all buys.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 17 May 2026
  • But Liu is even more successful now.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The more successful ones are the ones that are more prepared.
    — Billboard Argentina, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Then came hours of waiting for news about which bid was successful.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 1 May 2023
  • The first touchdown was set up by a successful fake field goal.
    — Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
  • And yet, one viral video does not a successful league make.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Google might launch the device soon if the tests are successful.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 7 Dec. 2021
  • To be sure, there are many safe and successful public schools.
    — Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
  • Time will tell if this path will prove successful for the Colts yet again.
    — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Their next round of glider flights was far more successful.
    — James Somers, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • One of his most successful videos focused on ants.
    — Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • All the tools are there for a long, successful career.
    — Jim Bowden, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • If this isn’t successful, have the shoe-repair shop do the job for you.
    — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Is this going to be successful or not?
    — ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • And so these are steps that have been proven to be successful in -- in saving lives.
    — CBS News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • What's amazing about that is to be able to do this on the first try and be successful.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Those suits have yet to be successful anywhere, though.
    — Miles Parks, NPR, 26 Jan. 2026
  • That does not appear to have been successful.
    — CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Even if successful, the city's plan won't be in place in time for students this year.
    — Jeff Adelson, NOLA.com, 5 Aug. 2020
  • The successful get to tell their story.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2026
  • Who wouldn't want to look like one of the world's most successful 21-year-olds?
    — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 10 Oct. 2018
  • For both species, there must be enough adults in one area for this type of spawning to be successful.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 4 Nov. 2017

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