| 单词 | succeed |
| 例句 | Dustfinger tried to call off the dogs, and at first they obeyed him, or at least they let go of Mo, but then Basta succeeded in freeing himself. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z If he were to win it, which, considering the way he was playing, was conceivable, then he would have proven that blacks had the ability to succeed—if allowed the opportunity. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s not a stricken deer anyway,” said Ned, trying to be witty, and succeeding as well as very young gentlemen usually do. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z His attempted poaching of Fermi succeeded only in provoking an outraged protest by Columbia to Bush, who forbade the move. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Then he succeeded in getting Úrsula to give him the rest of her buried inheritance and her substantial savings. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But which sperm succeeds in fertilizing an egg must depend on the most minor and insignificant of factors, both internal and external. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Milkman softened his tone a bit, but succeeded in keeping the edge of defiance in his voice. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He succeeded in all these undertakings, and he is worthy of even more praise, since he did everything in order to increase the power of the Church, and not for any private individual. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The rope received the flame greedily; the transports of greed were succeeded by the profligacy of utmost generosity; and soon the whole store partook. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z If he succeeds, he will be well along on his path to becoming an evangelist. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Never before had she wielded words of such force; she spoke to hurt, but was amazed when she succeeded. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She had tried to rearrange her holiday dates, and partly succeeded. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Did your husband seem disappointed, Mrs. Miyamoto, that he had not succeeded in purchasing his seven acres? Did he seem to you disappointed?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Given the love for soccer in the refugee community, Luma wondered if the game and her team could attract some of these kids to after-school tutoring that might give them a better chance to succeed. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z By that sentence, Tolstoy meant that, in order to be happy, a marriage must succeed in many different respects: sexual attraction, agreement about money, child discipline, religion, in-laws, and other vital issues. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But before he could let loose his argument, Bill told him that he also thought he had succeeded. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Only in tropical northern Australia did malaria and other tropical diseases force Europeans to abandon their 19th-century attempts at settlement, which succeeded only with the development of 20th-century medicine. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Ask questions to the Old Man of the Moon! There is no way for her to succeed.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She spoke with such certainty that for a second Gregor succeeded in thinking of himself as a warrior. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But can such cooperation actually succeed in saving the fish? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Bessie now endeavoured to persuade her to take a sedative draught: she succeeded with difficulty. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z And he had almost succeeded in slamming down the phone when he heard the muffled words on the other end. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z No hair and no next of skin, and who’s to succeed to the throne? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z At the first, I tell Madam Mina to sleep; she try, and she succeed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The travel was hazardous and slow, but he finally succeeded in reaching home. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z With each succeeding month, I’d learned how to run a gallery more smoothly. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end he succeeded in forcing her memory back until she did dimly recall that at one time Eastasia and not Eurasia had been the enemy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “She doesn’t need you as a rallying point now. As she said, your primary objective, to unite the districts, has succeeded,” Boggs reminds me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It was quite another to want to succeed at it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His intent was to make himself secure against the French, and he would have immediately succeeded in this if Alexander had lived. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z He was trying to sound carefree, and not succeeding particularly well. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The plan succeeded, and Garfield won his first political office. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Get to it, boy. If you succeed without perishing, you shall be a part of the inner circle.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Farmer had made friends with many of them during his tours of the prisons, and everyone knew the TB project couldn’t succeed without their support. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Hitler had only succeeded in destroying the Jewish body, he shouted in Yiddish, but the Revisionists were trying to destroy the Jewish soul. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z If God wanted me to succeed, no one, not the national coach nor my teammates, could change what was written. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z This time her smile is gone—I’ve succeeded in angering her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Between 10,000 and 9000 B.C. the people living there may already have been residing year-round in villages, but they were still hunter-gatherers; crop cultivation began only in the succeeding millennium. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She thought she had given him a very tricky word, one that he wouldn't yet have learned, and she was peeved that he had succeeded. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Even if her plan succeeded and she defeated Arachne, she wasn’t sure how she could make it out of this chamber alive. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Our ability to succeed at what we do is powerfully bound up with where we’re from, and being a good pilot and coming from a high-power distance culture is a difficult mix. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The man who succeeded him, Polyphontes, took her as his wife. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It could not be cut or pierced; no one had ever succeeded in making so much as a scratch in it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z So why did Revere succeed where Dawes failed? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I hoped she succeeded, but I didn’t want her to feel like a failure if she didn’t. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I struggle against the legionnaires, but all I succeed in doing is ripping my dress so that it’s barely decent. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Even when technology succeeds in manufacturing a machine as big as Texas to do everything we recognize as human, it will still be, at best, a single individual. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For an implosion bomb to succeed, the inward blast had to be perfectly symmetrical. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It takes only a glance at our nails, our knuckles, our palms to know Uhmma succeeded. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The most ardent proponents of racial hierarchy have consistently succeeded in implementing new racial caste systems by triggering a collapse of resistance across the political spectrum. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But by the time we succeeded in opening the window, it was too late. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The pact did not succeed, however, in incorporating Fernanda into the family. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They had succeeded, as a matter of fact, after putting in complicated and persevering days at it. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z On the following day he very nearly succeeded in speaking to her. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He was never frightened of her; he never actually believed that she would succeed in killing him, or that she really wanted to. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “But if this builder succeeds in finishing his wall by the end of tomorrow, then your death will be painful, and long, and a bad and shameful death at that.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z When she succeeded, and even when she didn’t, patients and their families would leave small tokens for her: a whittled figurine of a bird, a hairpin, half a loaf of bread. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Mary gave one to each of her daughters on their wedding day with instructions that the crosses were to be passed on to the first daughter in each succeeding generation. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In order for a hunger strike to succeed, the outside world must learn of it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She only succeeds in slowing Marco’s heartbeat enough that he falls deeply asleep. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Truth...perhaps...you think you two could succeed where the FBI has failed?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I knew she was close, and I was praying for her to succeed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The eastern Cape was the only region where we succeeded in reaching the second stage and where a strong resistance movement emerged in the countryside. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was convinced at rare moments that he could succeed and that his youth was still buried inside of himself. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But God will provide either trials for growth or the means to succeed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And I knew he would try until he succeeded. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Hall’s easygoing facade masked an intense desire to succeed—which he defined in the fairly simple terms of getting as many clients as possible to the summit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Mine is simply more developed. I am trying to open a passage which you have succeeded in blocking. It may be permanently closed now, for all I know.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He told me that if I succeeded, I would have to go to a university and get a degree. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z But because ambition succeeds best when disguised by virtue, he wanted to furnish the Alliance with an animating ideology—a manifest destiny, as it were, or mission civilisatrice. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He succeeded in imposing his authority over the career officers in a wide sector along the coast. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Some scientists speculated that if a pilot succeeded in pushing his plane through the sound barrier, either the plane or the pilot or both would disintegrate from the force of the shock waves. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Whether or not their quest succeeded, her journey would be over by the Feast of Fortuna. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Likewise, since he had failed to get anybody to the top in 1995, it would have been bad for Hall’s business if he failed again in 1996—especially if Fischer succeeded. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But, in spite of the psychoanalysis, Malcolm will always be exactly who he is, whether or not we as a society ever succeed in figuring him out. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Pete studied the picture of Nicole, her mother and me in the diner parking lot, doing our best to hide behind Mrs. Castro’s umbrella and only half succeeding. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “If the strike succeeds,” he proclaimed, “it might and probably would be the beginning of an upheaval which might bring on all of us grave and serious consequences.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Even if I succeed, there’s the smoke to think about. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In panic he raised himself to his knees and tried to fling off and away his terrible fingers, but succeeded only in knocking the nurse into the next bed. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Specific receptor proteins have been proposed, with different olfactory cells carrying specific receptors for different “primary” odors, but no one has yet succeeded in identifying the receptors or naming the “primary” odors. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I was very good at what I did, succeeding at something small like that. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In defeat, Adlai Stevenson had succeeded in placing nuclear testing policy solidly on the public agenda. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Somehow Schindler succeeded in convincing the Nazis that we were useful and productive, even though during those eight months we were in the Brünnlitz camp, we produced almost no usable ammunition. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Then Colonel Aureliano Buendía realized, without surprise, that Úrsula was the only human being who had succeeded in penetrating his misery, and for the first time in many years he looked her in the face. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I continued teaching six-, seven- and eight-year-olds the little I knew about tennis, with the hope that they might someday succeed where I had failed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not think it was wrong for strength to have its way, but only that it was intensely wrong for anything to succeed against his own dan. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just, we don’t know to what degree we’ll succeed. If any. My guess is that fearful events are the hardest to root out. They’re the ones we naturally remember the best, after all.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It told him stories it had heard from the Soul of the World, stories of men who sought to find their treasure and never succeeded. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In November, after the first hard frost, I got a call from Brian, who said that Mom had succeeded in persuading Dad to quit his job and return to the city. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z To some small degree he did succeed in further corroding Ayemenem’s view of working wives. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the gardener, a leader must take responsibility for what he cultivates; he must mind his work, try to repel enemies, preserve what can be preserved, and eliminate what cannot succeed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Increasingly it was more difficult to fight the aches and stiffnesses which tried to keep her in bed in the morning—not that they ever succeeded. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z This was the kind of thing that Winston was good at, and for more than two hours he succeeded in shutting the girl out of his mind altogether. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z If he succeeded, he would bring Mariam back and reclaim his honor. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Although you may still be a student, you can begin to develop the personal goals that you will need to succeed. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z After a few minutes of exchange, our man succeeds in bribing the intruder to go away with his gold watch, and all is quiet again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Without hesitation, but only after numerous false starts, she finally succeeded in scrambling back to an upright position. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z She struggled to wrap it around Taisin’s waist, and several desperate minutes later, after they had been dragged another twenty feet downstream, she succeeded, and Con began to pull them onto the bank. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He had tried to be invisible, and he had succeeded. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It was clear that he was getting better and better with each succeeding game, his fumbling, bumbling performance in the season opener a laughable memory. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And Lee had worked patiently and slowly and he had succeeded in building Adam as the center, the foundation, the essence of truth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then Alexander VI came to power, and he, more than any of the popes who ever reigned, demonstrated how well a pope could succeed with money and his own troops. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z She succeeded in keeping the anxiety out of her voice—succeeded too well, for her words sounded arrogant and careless. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Because, when she failed, I saw how she might have succeeded. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z For our dormitory was less enthusiastic about almost everything with each succeeding week. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Had he succeeded,” Grandpa said gravely, “he would be dead.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I was proud because I was able to excel and always expected to succeed. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If Jan tried to protect Mary, as he thought he would, he would only succeed in making a case against himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z This sounds like an old argument that Kenn has never succeeded in winning, and it occurs to me that this probably isn’t the first time Hideo’s life has been threatened. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “But it’s all the more reason that this mission must succeed.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “But the sooner you succeed the better, yes?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z My long Adagio was succeeded, thought I, by this new Scherzo, and I may even have endeavored to smile. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Though he continued to speak Greek to his parents, Milton never succeeded in writing it, and as he got older he began to forget what even the simplest words meant. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I wish to leave unmentioned the other deeds of his, since all were similar and all succeeded well. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z "Our new brother has succeeded by instinct where for two years your 'science' has failed, and now all you can offer is destructive criticism." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z After much pleading and promises of reform he succeeded in getting her to come home and he abandoned his concubine. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She enjoyed seeing the students in her tutoring sessions succeed. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z If we were to succeed, the history of our species and our planet would be changed forever. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z All Etruria had finally risen against him, but he had succeeded in escaping. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But many legal experts I’ve talked with doubt such a case would succeed. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z What if Americans succeeded in building atomic bombs and they were the only ones to have them? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet if you succeed, then our power is diminished, and Lothlórien will fade, and the tides of Time will sweep it away. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It also made it inconveniently necessary to explain how some species were wiped out while others continued unimpeded into succeeding eons. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Strauss, for his part, was delighted by the performance of his trusted scientists, for plainly they had succeeded in buying time for continued testing, if not for sweeping a ban off the negotiating table entirely. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z If we succeeded, the Allies would no longer be on the defensive. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The mall was built like a fortress around a huge, two-story enclosed street, where store succeeded store, as far as you could see. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone thought he was mad and that even if he succeeded in building the railway, which was doubtful, there wouldn’t be any demand for it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I wanted us all to succeed in Rio. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The phoenix gains a X X X X rating not because it is aggressive, but because very few wizards have ever succeeded in domesticating it. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d absorbed my family’s love and my parents’ commitment to seeing us succeed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “It’s natural for a man to want his son to succeed,” Adam went on. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He dove at Red’s legs and succeeded in bringing him to the ground. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “The probability of you succeeding with your plan was pretty much zero,” said Habib. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z All I succeeded in doing, however, was in shaving my arms bare of their hair. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time I spoke to a Muslim audience, someone would always tell me how grateful they were to see a woman of faith succeed at such a high level of sport. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The belief was that a nation could deter a "first strike," in the parlance of nuclear strategists, by making sure that the enemy understood that their strike would never succeed. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He speaks fluent French and says that’s how he’s able to succeed in his career. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But he wasn’t supposed to succeed, that was the thing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She refused to be subservient to Abel at home, but she did want him to succeed as a man. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Then Baba succeeded and everyone shook their heads in awe at his triumphant ways. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Piper knew what he was doing, but he’d succeeded in summoning Tempest only three times since they’d met the storm spirit at the Wolf House last winter. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I like the sensation of succeeding brilliantly at something—even if it is just thunking in foul shots one after another. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “We succeeded, but there’s another wrong that still needs to be righted.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z He was home free: he had pulled it off; his act of rebellion had succeeded; he was safe, and he had nothing to be ashamed of to anyone. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z First, the achievement of the revolutionary generation was a collective enterprise that succeeded because of the diversity of personalities and ideologies present in the mix. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Britain and Russia, then. That unholy alliance will not succeed.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But none of their usual parental tricks succeeded in undoing the spell. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I had enough experience to know that in order to be a good organizer of anything which you expect to succeed—including yourself—you must almost mathematically analyze cold facts. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z From her earliest years, she displayed an indomitable will to succeed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z If local food chains are going to succeed, customers will have to get used to eating that way again. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It would follow that when scientific views are abandoned and replaced by new ones it is because the new ones are thought to be better at succeeding, paying, etc. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I knew, as everyone knows, the true but incomplete statement of the problem—that an original sin of the fathers was being visited on the children of succeeding generations. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t have done Uncle Andrew much good if he had succeeded, for he was aiming at the right-hand pocket because he still thought the green rings were “homeward” rings. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Mom is now the head of the Architectural Committee, a block captain for the Neighborhood Watch patrol, and the person most likely to succeed Mr. Costello as president of the Homeowners’ Association. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When they reached the other end, Edwin had succeeded in pushing Cole only a couple of feet away from the fine. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Chairman Mao told us we would never succeed at building a strong socialist country until we destroyed the “Four Olds” and established the “Four News.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked moss out of my hair and tried in vain to brush the mud from my pants, but succeeded only in smearing it, making me look like some bog creature vomited from the earth. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Oh, how the white man has succeeded in turning brother against brother.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “And you succeeded. I’ve been quite safe from wild ones here.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “If you succeed, then perhaps we will meet again...for the final battle.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z All the waves and water hastened, suffering, towards goals, many goals, to the waterfall, to the sea, to the current, to the ocean and all goals were reached and each one was succeeded by another. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the tales she had read gave her reason to hope; even Eilis, who had succeeded in her quest, fulfilled her end of the bargain. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When Stalin died in 1953, he was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev, who held power during the most intense time of the Cold War rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States and their allies. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The old gentleman, who was certainly Uncle Andrew, had just succeeded in standing up and was rubbing his bruises. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He could certainly succeed in getting out with a couple of resolute, sensible does. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Marxism doesn’t stand a chance in Latin America. Don’t you know it doesn’t allow for the magical side of things? It’s an atheistic, practical, functional doctrine. There’s no way it can succeed here!” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We often try to look back on it and to find an explanation, but never quite succeed. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will not let this witch control him. She will not succeed. I will consult the dibia Nwafor Agbada when I return home; the man’s medicine is famous in our parts.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z On the contrary, he just fueled my desire to succeed even more. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He was a simple man who had no inferiority complex about his lack of education and, even more amazing, no superiority complex because he had succeeded despite that lack. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Dill tried to look happy and play along, but he wasn’t succeeding. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z In 1953 he confessed: "I have never succeeded in freeing myself from a nagging prejudice against continental drift; in my geological bones, so to speak, I feel the hypothesis is a fantastic one." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Before the Cambrian explosion species seem to have succeeded one another rather slowly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It helped me to see the situation other than through the prism of black and white relations, for if our struggle was to succeed, we had to transcend black and white. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “As surely true as the sun a-coming up,” says the woman, having succeeded in getting Manchee on his back for a tummy rub. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It remains to be seen whether I’ll succeed, but my diary can serve as the basis. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z But anyone will admit that, had he succeeded, the Florentines would have been at his mercy. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Now I had succeeded and it made complete sense that I would feel relief and pride. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Lupin’s retort was lost: Finally succeeding in squeezing through the door, Hagrid staggered to a chair and sat down; it collapsed beneath him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z And if Hellmuth’s mission succeeded, the Allies would face a stronger and more dangerous partnership between Germany and Argentina. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Monge’s work was so important to the military that much of it was made into a state secret by the revolutionary government and by the Napoleonic government that succeeded it soon afterward. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z We’ve laid up a two-year food supply, so that even if we don’t succeed in growing a good crop the first year, we won’t go hungry. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Groves wanted to know the names of the most brilliant German physicists—the ones most likely to succeed in giving Hitler an atomic bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe a year or two after you were taken, some Psi kids nearly succeeded in blowing up the Capitol.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Maybe he could succeed where Jen had failed precisely because he wasn’t a Baron—because he didn’t have her sense that the world owed him everything. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “You’re plenty capable of succeeding in this class. But you will need to participate, follow the rules, and do the work.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He tried to lunge at me, succeeded only in falling over. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z One watch succeeded another through the day, though how the rabbits judged the passing of the time is something that civilized human beings have lost the power to feel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At the border and inside the country, the North Korean government has tried to crush these smuggling operations—and periodically it succeeds. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z If Levy Pants was to succeed, the first step would be imposing a heavy hand upon its detractors. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For the entire project to succeed, each individual part of the mission—the hardware, the software, and the human—had to function according to plan. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I’ve never felt anything like the white-hot rage now churning inside my stomach over the fact that this Jacob guy succeeded in his stupid, life-breaking mission. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z If we succeed in what we attempt tonight, tomorrow Chicago will be safe, the Bureau will be forever changed, and Tris and I will be able to build a new life for ourselves somewhere. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z That’s what my friar was so excited about, what, and why he was asking who could succeed to what, what? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He had succeeded in getting a 4-F classification, and I was pleased for him and happy to go. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And she moved off, followed by Miss Fannie and Miss Annie, who were obviously trying to look as lively as possible but not succeeding very well. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z What also kept many from trying to escape was knowing that even if they succeeded, many fellow prisoners would be killed in retribution. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I knew that if they had succeeded in getting me fired they would have considered it a triumph of proletarian tactics. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Shut my eyes as I would, these last words of his succeeded in making the way, which had seemed blocked up, comparatively clear. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Desperately tricky to make, and disastrous to get wrong. However, if brewed correctly, as this has been, you will find that all your endeavors tend to succeed...at least until the effects wear off.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z How everyone is given the same opportunities to succeed if they’re willing to try. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z But where Fermi had succeeded, Heisenberg had failed. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I've had people try to put one over on me many times, and let me tell you, gentlemen, few people succeed. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z If they had succeeded they would have asked for him to be allowed to go with them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But the fact that he had tried meant he thought he might succeed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Burns, a former Secret Service agent, had succeeded Pinkerton as the world’s most celebrated private eye. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I tried to paddle toward solid ground but succeeded only in pushing myself deeper. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The wolf had promised he would see her again and regain his memory—if he succeeded in his journey. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z At the end of three months they had succeeded in arming more than a thousand men, but they were wiped out. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z We were committed to providing services, housing, job training, life skills, counseling, and anything else people coming out of prison needed to succeed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I doubt that trying to amend the Constitution would actually succeed, but it may be valuable to aspire to it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But now here l am, called a bit later than most but only because they have finally realized that it takes a man to succeed where boys have failed. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z A fortnight of dubious calm succeeded my return to Thornfield Hall. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z If would-be artists sense that their gifts are not large enough to succeed as painters, sculptors, or architects, they may take up one of the countless special fields known collectively as “the applied arts.” History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, it succeeds at drawing my attention to his rather gorgeously full lips. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Her attack almost succeeded in turning me against myself, but after I thought about my last month I said, “You’re wrong. I’m having a very interesting summer.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Anyone who knew Ruth knew that her determination to succeed was phenomenal. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z The recollection of about three days and nights succeeding this is very dim in my mind. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z But when he applied the same process to his face, he succeeded only in smearing his entire countenance with a more even layer of shiny black grease. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z We wouldn't succeed if the judge didn't know how to hear the evidence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, his deceptions always succeeded to his heart’s desire, since he knew this aspect of the world very well. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I succeeded in reaching several trustees' secretaries during the days that followed, and all were friendly and encouraging. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z If the crosses were meant to intimidate, they had succeeded: Devine simply could not stand the ridicule. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Obtaining random samples is a difficult art, and the pollster doesn’t always succeed. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “The elders have seen it. I have seen it. If you do not succeed, a terrible war will follow. This talisman will provide aid when you need it.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They succeeded so well that their spurious product responded to the appropriate chemical tests and deceived the government chemists. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He pushed and nudged till he succeeded in-rolling it to his lair under the trough. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I sit down, and do my best to keep my knees from bouncing, but only succeed when I give it all of my attention. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He felt a wave of relief, quickly followed by alarm—as if he’d finally succeeded in translating hieroglyphics only to discover he’d translated a curse. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Though no fan of the Inka, he conceded that “only a very small number of empires throughout the whole world have succeeded in achieving this feat.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A new race-neutral language was developed for appealing to old racist sentiments, a language accompanied by a political movement that succeeded in putting the vast majority of blacks back in their place. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Finally, however, he succeeded in getting the tub all filled. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed for her face and succeeded in scratching her nose. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z When Úrsula succeeded in imposing the command that she eat with Amaranta in the kitchen so that the outsiders would not see her, she felt more comfortable, because, after all, she was beyond all discipline. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He tried to look ashamed and succeeded simply in looking pleased with himself. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The other dolls, which were supposed to bring me great pleasure, succeeded in doing quite the opposite. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z But the drama of the opening arguments was succeeded by the tedium of court logistics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She would succeed, or she would join the njuzu in their watery kingdom. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Haven’t quite figured it out yet, but I’m close. Obviously, I succeed. Or none of us would be here.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Hitler and his millions of willing accomplices had succeeded in destroying a family once vibrant, prosperous, and loving. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z She had finally succeeded in making me cry. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z When Thomas Jefferson succeeded Adams, he saw Haiti only as a threat. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z And my mother, who tried all her life to believe in God without ever quite succeeding, looked up at him for guidance. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I try to roll free off the arms that are carrying me but succeed only in tearing a length of paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He could have killed it easily, but to take it alive was another matter and he hunted it a whole year before he succeeded. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Cherokee have most extensively studied the Wampus Cat, with whom they share their native region, and only they have ever succeeded in procuring Wampus Cat hair for use as a wand core. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is no simple thing to slay a dragon in the sky. In Westeros, many tried to bring down Aegon and his sisters. None succeeded.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “But I try to concentrate on only the big result and to forget that they are succeeding, too. I tty to pretend that they are not significant.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Leonid Brezhnev, who succeeded Khrushchev as Soviet leader in 1964, had given the KGB nearly unlimited power over Soviet society. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He and the Holy Beings hadn’t succeeded, at least not yet. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I tried to pacify her, and at last succeeded, and she lay quiet; but I could hear her poor dear heart still beating terribly. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Business now began: the day’s Collect was repeated, then certain texts of Scripture were said, and to these succeeded a protracted reading of chapters in the Bible, which lasted an hour. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z And in at least two spots, they were succeeding. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Only an all-out effort would get it done, and it was still wildly improbable that we'd succeed in blocking the execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “If they succeeded first,” Compton recalled Lawrence’s warning, “they would have in their hands the control of the world.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z If the hunt succeeds, the hunter may ask the dead animal to forgive him. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “So far I have not succeeded in making anything stick to anything else. But no doubt next week, or perhaps next year. “ The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Armed with an insatiable desire to succeed—and aided by his natural gifts, which included a deeply resonant voice—he made his dream come true soon after finishing up at Bard College in 1971. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “My experiment has succeeded. The little girl’s gone—vanished—right out of the world.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z If he succeeds, Lincoln’s prayer for a reunified United States of America may never be answered. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z We worked hard that first day, but on each succeeding day Kleynhans pushed us harder. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This might be the end of Charlotte if the boy succeeded in catching her. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The king’s men succeeded only in getting lost in the dungeon’s tortuous mazes. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I’d once again set my sights on winning a spot on the women’s junior national team, and this time, I meant to succeed. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z On the other hand, if the bomb succeeded, the demand for fundamental research on atomic energy would only increase, though it would be likely focused on more and better weapons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As we walk into the compound, I know for a fact that Caleb succeeded, because there is no one in sight. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Twenty or thirty years from now, when we have accomplished world peace, when we have succeeded in ending racism and intolerance, the world will remember that the Freedom Writers kept their promise. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z If this proposition passes, it may murder the opportunities for immigrants like me to succeed. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Eventually they succeeded, but by the time they did, Van de GraafFs technology had been outrun by something entirely new. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z That the question of whether I can succeed in this venture has been answered, even if that answer is a resounding no. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Well, she succeeded somewhat, for, though sympathy can’t alter facts, it can help to make them more bearable. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “The Magnar was a brave man, yet he failed. And if he had succeeded... who would hold the Wall?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The police agreed but pleaded short-handedness and tried for increased budget and sometimes succeeded. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But the more she tried, the less she succeeded, and she began to sweat from the effort. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Until then she had succeeded in keeping her off the streets unless it was to go to mass with Amaranta, but she made her cover her face with a black shawl. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I said that the white man’s efforts to make my name poison actually succeeded only in making millions of black people regard me like Joe Louis. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Killian, a soft-spoken South Carolinian of fifty-three who had succeeded Karl Compton as president of MIT, was a management expert rather than a trained scientist. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The lakebed was on a mission to bury the base, the men, and all of their planes, and it was succeeding. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z He would have to succeed where the cleverest demigod of all time had failed. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In the midst of a few foreign acres teeming with more than two hundred people, he had succeeded in becoming a recluse. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I kept on edge, trying to stifle my feelings and never quite succeeding, a prey to guilt and fear because I felt that the boss suspected that I resented what I saw. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z "Despite all their tricks," he remembered, "I had succeeded in keeping from them the most important things I knew." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But they had succeeded in playing a very simple trick, bamboozling the Mark commander, attacking his sentries and escaping by night. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And if they succeeded, and turned themselves into the deathless demigods they’d always dreamed of becoming ... Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z My father crossed the line into madness and then very nearly succeeded in taking his own life—an act at which he made sure I was present. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Off the field he was quiet, serene, and smart as a whip, his passivity neatly hiding an astounding determination to succeed. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She had no idea how to get out of here, but she knew she had to succeed where her siblings had failed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It had always gotten him through, always enabled him to succeed, always given him a certain special edge. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even Time has to end. The real measure of when others will get involved comes down to whether or not you succeed. The gods will accept the outcome either way.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But after a good deal of patient effort Hazel succeeded in working out enough of the stump to get a grip with his teeth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I have no memory at all of that summer’s day, no privileged knowledge of whether that child succeeded in getting the watermelon into her mouth. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z My thoughts grew illogical and fuzzy, and I distantly realized that I might actually succeed at falling asleep. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to her that in her external bearing she had succeeded only in deceiving Mrs. Shigemura; inwardly she knew her aspiration for worldly happiness was frighteningly irresistible. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z This time Kit succeeded in half dragging the sobbing woman through the underbrush. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The power line was never meant to succeed at all. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The mayor was clearly hoping that the tactic that had worked so well to end demonstrations and marches in 1963 would succeed once again. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He had succeeded in reuniting five of us and keeping us alive, at least for now. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z They had wanted me to succeed, and fortunately I had spoken for them and they had recognized my words. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re frightened and tired as it is, you know. What we need is to find a safe place soon, and I’d rather succeed in doing what we can than fail to do what we can’t.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z "His son will succeed to the Eyrie and all its incomes," Robert said brusquely. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn’t. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “I have told you what they told me. You are in a country that is not your own. You do what you have to do if you want to succeed.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Shadow had succeeded in climbing the Abbey wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They gave me advice on how to succeed in America, yet cling to my Dinka ways. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Thyestes fell in love with his brother’s wife and succeeded in making her false to her marriage vows. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know this means he succeeded,” Viola says, not meeting my eye. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He got him to go on an expedition, against the Solymi, mighty warriors; and then when Bellerophon had succeeded in conquering these, on another against the Amazons, where he did equally well. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew how much Joe wanted to succeed at crew, how much depended on it for the two of them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He would spend hours on end in his room, calculating the strategic possibilities of his novel weapon until he succeeded in putting together a manual of startling instructional clarity and an irresistible power of conviction. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z "I am too old to be active any longer. But when I was younger, I travelled all over the globe trying to track down The Grand High Witch. I never came even close to succeeding." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I shook my head again, put the car into reverse, and this time succeeded in getting moving. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Solving the problem of longitude was a universally recognized challenge: indeed, governments had promised enormous rewards for anyone who could succeed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z If these students didn’t get help and find a way to succeed in school, they would fail out or simply get too old for high school, at which point they would be on their own. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Mental health advocates and lawyers succeeded in winning a series of Supreme Court cases that forced states to transfer institutional residents to community programs. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He was to succeed a distant relative, an aged country lawyer who had a well-established practice. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Incredibly, his efforts succeeded, and the women were loaded on a train, this one heading for Brünnlitz. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z With Alexanders assistance, Penelope had succeeded in heaving another log onto the hearth, and the nursery was feeling decidedly cozy. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z At last he started home, but a tempest shipwrecked him and only after many and great dangers had he succeeded in reaching the Phaeacian land, a helpless, destitute man. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then in 1927, a professor of zoology in a Texas university, Dr. H. J. Muller, found that by exposing an organism to X-radiation, he could produce mutations in succeeding generations. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Sesame Street succeeded because it learned how to make television sticky. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z How I wished to succeed in tennis so that they would really have something to emulate. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We had succeeded in driving him more or less out of business. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Even though my siblings called me “Big Head” because I had a big head and a skinny body, to the outer world I was probably on the “most likely to succeed” list. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z After Eratosthenes, some may have tried, but not until the time of Magellan did anyone succeed in circumnavigating the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z That is the inheritance to which you have succeeded, Arthur. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And unless they succeeded in this quest, the world would be destroyed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z After a weary process, and resting every five minutes, I succeeded in dressing myself. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps among the contents of the Encyclopaedia Galactica will be a set of summaries of such civilizations, the information enigmatic, tantalizing, evocative—even after we succeed in translating it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If you do this, there is no doubt that you will succeed and be better prepared when you are released into the community. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Theseus succeeded in kidnaping the little girl, just how we are not told, but the two brothers marched against the town she had been taken to, and got her back. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He succeeded in getting WHO to agree to sponsor a meeting of drug companies; they would be urged to produce more second-line drugs, and competition would drive down prices, Jim thought. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Her parents had succeeded in rubbing down to a dull glow any sparkle or splutter die had. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z First, experts in mosquito control complained that Congress had not budgeted enough money for the campaign to succeed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z She was especially furious that someone had succeeded in making her jump and yell like that because she prided herself on her toughness. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “Just the two of you. No contacting your friends. Your ship will remain where it is. If you succeed, you may pass into the Mediterranean.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was a tremendous breakthrough, therefore, when, after years of effort, chemists of the Agriculture Department recently succeeded in isolating the attractant. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Korean Air did not succeed—it did not right itself—until it acknowledged the importance of its cultural legacy. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z In 1868, former Union general Ulysses Grant was elected president, succeeding Andrew Johnson. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Reform, not punishment, is her modus operandi, and Celia has succeeded in converting many young delinquents into productive revolutionaries. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Knightley seemed to be trying not to smile; and succeeded without difficulty, upon Mrs. Elton’s beginning to talk to him. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z In those waters was that most perilous strait guarded by Scylla and Charybdis, which the Argonauts had succeeded in passing only because Thetis helped them and where Ulysses had lost six of his men. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I would not let this dumb girl succeed, I thought. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Progress takes time. We will succeed. But not if you keep trying to show up the other school. That’s not going to help our cause.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She took Dorothy as her own daughter and pushed her to succeed, teaching the precocious girl to read before she entered school, which vaulted her ahead two grades. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Inside of a week, I had succeeded with both. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want you to be afraid to fail or succeed in my class. Does that make sense?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Suffering had finally succeeded in penetrating to my very soul and established within my consciousness a certain fear of living. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z "Then I should try to find the place where she keeps her supply of Delayed Action Mouse-Maker, and if I succeeded then I would steal one bottle of it and bring it back here." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z They wished to hold Greece in almost the same manner as the Spartans held it, making it free and leaving it under its own laws, and they did not succeed. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z He had a hard time getting the brake closed—you had to know which doors tended to jump out and get in the way—but finally succeeded, a little bit winded. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet when it succeeds, it gives Sapiens immense power, because it enables millions of strangers to cooperate and work towards common goals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I may not have succeeded, but I did what I needed to do. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Madison was quietly orchestrating the Republican campaign on behalf of Jefferson to succeed Washington. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z When their children then succeed, their success is seen as earned. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z As verse succeeded verse the voices thrilled with an ever intenser excitement. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z You’ve been succeeding at that for a while now, so if it were really what you wanted, you’d be happy, too.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The Portuguese, hoping to undercut the Venetians, sought a route to the spice islands by sailing around Africa, and in the end they succeeded. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He had worked so hard, so tenderly, and his work seemed to have succeeded. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There was one moment when I thought I’d succeeded in losing them. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z How could whites have succeeded in establishing themselves at the Cape at all, if those first few arriving Dutch ships had faced such fierce resistance? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She would succeed in this, she had to—the price of failure was too high. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He had discussed the matter with the state leader, Grand Dragon Bob Jones, and the pair had decided that C.P. was the best man to succeed Murray as Exalted Cyclops of the Durham Klavern. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Hope flickered, and despair succeeded distress in almost every countenance. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Rush recalled that the comment “procured a transient smile, but it was soon succeeded by the solemnity with which the whole business was conducted.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z If he didn’t succeed, the Roman and Greek demigods would slaughter each other. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z "The Nazis have succeeded in one of the heaviest series of blows yet claimed against British shipping." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I assured them that they already had what it would take to succeed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I could never succeed in shielding the gash in my side from her. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “The naiads tried to upset his craft every time he set forth, but it was too cleverly constructed. They succeeded only in pushing it around the pond.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “I hope your plans succeed. For all our sakes.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He had succeeded in removing the outer boards and part of the packing, which was a layer of dry ice, when from the depths of the packing case he suddenly heard a faint “Ork.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “But if Marsha Jean succeeds in stealing the magic globe, then Florence will be flying through darkness and won’t see anything at all, and how will she help people then?” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Have we unwittingly exaggerated the importance of individuals succeeding within pre-existing structures of power, and thereby undermined King’s call for a “complete restructuring” of our society? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z They couldn’t very well succeed in their classes if they couldn’t stay awake in them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Rules existed for a reason: if you followed them, you would succeed; if you didn’t, you might burn the world to the ground. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z With HeLa, a group of scientists in Colorado succeeded, and soon the world of science had not only HeLa but also its hundreds, then thousands, of clones. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “I believe we are living in a moral universe. If we continue to demonstrate and pay the price, then we will succeed.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps he might in the end have succeeded if Odysseus had not signed to him to give up. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “What if German scientists succeed in making a nuclear bomb before we even investigate possibilities?” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z If she succeeded, the princess would be returned. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the clothes had been mangled on Midsummer Eve, but they found a few unshredded items for Grandma to wear in case they succeeded in transforming her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “She could succeed,” the goldfish man said steadily. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Worse, though, in either failing or succeeding, they might anger the king—and thus cause him to let the thread go. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Taylor tried to laugh and only succeeded in looking frightened. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z After a year of trying, had my father finally succeeded in getting us into Schindler's factory? The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Michael has had so many strikes against him, and has struggled so hard, you just want to see him succeed,” said Deborah Hargis, a social studies and history teacher at Permian. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Rachel, with a ghost of the charm she must once have possessed, succeeded in drawing William, if not actually into the circle, at least to its warm circumference. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The police even succeeded in turning some black workers against the students. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if the succeeding sensations are not common, they are at least not mysterious. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Collective won’t succeed in the end. You all numb yourselves to erase who we really are. The tonics. The Cogs. But you can’t program out love and caring for one another.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z If we succeed in explaining how some people came to dominate other people, may this not seem to justify the domination? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I deduced that they must be climbers from the Montenegrin expedition; if they succeeded they would be the first team to reach the top this year. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “You succeeded in your first test, but Pasiphaë intends to rebuild her domain, which will endanger all demigods. Unless you stop her at the House of Hades...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Finally, once we had our groceries and my mom was heading to the front to pay, I succeeded in wearing her down. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They tried to trip me up so they could prove I was not my father’s son, but they did not succeed. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z All that lay between was too clamorous, too fluid to understand, though she sensed she had succeeded, even triumphed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He roared once or twice to see if he could frighten Hare into giving away his hiding place, but he did not succeed. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z If Jerome Paisley had succeeded in killing Kaira, Armpit would have spent the rest of his life in jail. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He had succeeded in reaching through to the Soul of the World, and now the price for having done so might be his life. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There would be authentic villages from far-off lands inhabited by authentic villagers—even Pygmies, if Lieutenant Schufeldt succeeded. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Mrs. Tesla told us that we had to mix chemicals until we succeeded in making something explode. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z "Yes, sir, that was all he gave me . . ." "And how many of these gentlemen have you succeeded in seeing, may I ask?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z So many ways to screw the pooch, and just one staggeringly complex, scrupulously modeled, endlessly rehearsed, indefatigably tested way to succeed. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Qn the fortieth day and the two succeeding we were snowed in by a blizzard. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He fumbled at his sword belt, his hands clumsy in their fur-and-leather gloves, and finally succeeded in ripping his longsword from its scabbard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Cluny knew that he was succeeding with his scheme against the squirrel as more hard chestnuts pelted down. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He did not succeed in escaping from his worries. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A couple of months ago, I’d succeeded in hacking into the main directory of Warcross players in New York and synced it all up to my phone’s maps. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She didn’t want to disappoint her investors, and she had wanted more than anything to prove to her parents that she could succeed on her own. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Prendergast resolved to double his own efforts to help Harrison succeed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z For two succeeding years I was alone each winter for eight months at a stretch in the Sierra Nevada mountains on Lake Tahoe. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to keep awake, and succeeded for a while; but when the clock struck twelve it waked me from a doze, so I must have been falling asleep. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z There was always another battle, another struggle to prove that Alex was as smart, as competent, as likely to succeed. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “In time, Percy Jackson, if you succeed here at camp. You’ve done well today, which is a good start. Perhaps there’s hope for you yet.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He almost succeeded, but at the very end he rested his weight on his legs and his knees buckled in a rubbery way just like a comedian I once saw trying to act drunk. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z When it became totally dark, I fumbled over knobs, twisting and pulling until I succeeded in finding the lights. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an elegant demonstration of how to organize applied science, and for this reason it would have been a surprise if it had not succeeded. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The twelve great Olympians were supreme among the gods who succeeded to the Titans. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, precisely because Europe was fragmented, Columbus succeeded on his fifth try in persuading one of Europe’s hundreds of princes to sponsor him. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “You are clearly a smart boy. You must go to university, like I did. That is the only way to truly succeed.” I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Jerrie wanted the other women to succeed as well in order to prove that she wasn't a fluke. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z They were mistaken; the upstart’s experiments succeeded—partly because, in the beginning years, he labored eighteen hours a day. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z When they succeeded they rode the wind and covered their mouths to aggravate their laughter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He made a violent effort to raise himself into a sitting position, and merely succeeded in wrenching his body painfully. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z ‘This time you have nearly succeeded, but you have failed again. It was not Sam, though, that gave you away this time, but Gandalf himself!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Had Almighty God, in all His infinite wisdom, really been afraid that men six thousand years ago would succeed in building a tower to heaven? Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Various civil rights groups, including the NAACP, immediately began working for their release and succeeded in having them all set free by the middle of January 1925. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z They explained that by their studies of the past three months the pigs had succeeded in reducing the principles of Animalism to Seven Commandments. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “I’m just happy to know somebody has succeeded in something. Is that where you go on your trips?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He shot at it and wounded it mortally, but it succeeded in reaching its home and its mistress before it died. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z If he succeeds, I think they should give him the Teacher of the Century Award and a two-week vacation in Hawaii, all expenses paid. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z When the beast backed away, she cursed and slashed at his snout, trying to provoke him ... and succeeding. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z For the system to succeed—that is, for it to achieve the political goals described in chapter 1—black people must be labeled criminals before they are formally subject to control. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She succeeded in convincing Santa Sofía de la Piedad that she had found him floating in a basket. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “If Draco succeeds,” said Snape, still looking away from her, “he will be honored above all others.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The plaintive wail which succeeded the passionate roar went to Meg’s heart, and she ran up to say beseechingly... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sandwich could never clearly see if in fact you succeed in bringing back light or if you fail. But he most adamantly insisted we attempt the venture or die by the rats’ teeth.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In our modern society, when a man works and succeeds at a skilled job, we expect it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As she pursued her career, she was forced to challenge racial barriers simply to succeed as a singer. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I thought about our last days together in Newark and how much she wanted to see me succeed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It’s like the system is set up so you don’t succeed. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She said, in a similar tone, “The devil is a liar. He wants to start blocking our blessing, he will not succeed,” when Ifemelu's father lost his job at the federal agency. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I tried to smooth my eyebrow down and only partly succeeded. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z If any national plan for ending slavery was to succeed, Virginia needed to be in the vanguard. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Kamen had struggled to remake his career, survived a suicide attempt, and finally succeeded in gaining a high-level faculty appointment at Washington University in St. Louis, thanks to Arthur Compton, its chancellor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “You know, I was afraid he’d begin thinking about something so ridiculous as soon as he saw this week’s Saturday Evening Post. I hope you succeeded in showing him what an atrocious idea it is.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In the past few years they have begun to succeed, creating a monster theory that explains the quantum-mechanical nature of gravity, allowing them to peer at the very creation of our universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In the case of the driver with the bad brakes, Baird succeeded in securing a conviction of two counts of negligent homicide. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “This is all super easy for you to say. You have loving parents who support you and want you to succeed at stuff. You can afford college.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Despite her noble intentions, she could not see any way she could succeed on her own. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z From the look on Francis’s face, I knew he hadn’t succeeded. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I went outside to see what Makgatho was talking about, for the ANC had organized a demonstration to ensure that the meeting did not succeed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Since he doesn’t know that President Snow thinks I have failed, he can only assume that I think we have succeeded. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z After the war, Serber had become a valued member of the Berkeley faculty, recruited by Lawrence to succeed Oppie as its chief theoretical physicist. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I want you to succeed in this world,” she said as she marched up the stairs. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z According to Adams, the Revolution succeeded because of its ties to the past, which meant that, in the Jeffersonian sense, it was not really a revolution at all. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z For all that, the pair did succeed in measuring the time lag of the photoelectric effect at about two billionths of a second. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Apparently Dr. Schultz, who was running the lessons, did not realize how well they were succeeding. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z And for me, it felt like that’s exactly what she was planting—a suggestion of failure long before I’d even tried to succeed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The sport offers so many opportunities for suffering and so few opportunities for glory that only the most tenaciously self-reliant and self-motivated are likely to succeed at it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Meggie tried to make her voice sound bold and unafraid, but she didn’t succeed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It was a lot of work to get here, and I'd succeeded. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Frankly, no. I think the team needs you to succeed.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if she was happy in her eastern robes and if Giles had succeeded in painting his face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In her last months she had succeeded in communicating with him in phrases of rudimentary Latin. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She began to sing about trying over and over again until you succeeded. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam has spent the last ten hours trying to get in to see me, and now that he finally succeeded, he left ten minutes after arriving. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the mother went back into the classroom, she stood there and cursed for a while, muttering that those spirits that had sent the child to break her few plates would not succeed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z If scientists succeed, they will understand the laws of the universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The beach was nestled into the rocks, as if after hundreds of years of work the waves had succeeded in making themselves a little room to rest in. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Hope stirred in me, and I believed that Horatio would succeed in calming Hamlet's madness and reconcile him and my brother. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Only with great difficulty did we succeed in quieting her down. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir. Prisoners state he was killed this morning. I believe Doubleday has succeeded him.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Scowling, Snape said, “The Dark Lord does not expect Draco to succeed. This is merely punishment for Lucius’s recent failures. Slow torture for Draco’s parents, while they watch him fail and pay the price.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Cunning and resourceful in adversity, he had nearly succeeded in hurting the gull when he leaped at him out of the close cover by the plank bridge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, Mr. Brademas reminds us of that about every eight seconds. It’s supposed to be more about trying than succeeding.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Because Auntie and Uncle Bernard didn’t have children of their own, they always said that helping us succeed made them feel like their money was being put to good use. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “You may have succeeded in shutting down the attack simulation, girl, but it was by luck alone, not skill. I would die of shock if you managed to do anything useful again for a longtime.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z If you want to succeed in this task, you must no longer think about your mother. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Real swimming instructions, teaching us how to swim the right way, only began after we succeeded in getting across that pool on our own. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Time and again, the most ardent proponents of racial hierarchy have succeeded in creating new caste systems by triggering a collapse of resistance across the political spectrum. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I try to gather it around my throat with one hand, but only succeed in veering into the path of an old man. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “He does not mean him to succeed, he wants him to be killed trying!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps we will meet again in Athens, if you succeed. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When Oldenburg mischievously reported an exaggerated account of Hooke’s views to Newton, deliberately trying to stir up trouble, he succeeded better than he could have expected. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z She tried to say his name without gagging and mostly succeeded. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Resenting this deeply, she determined to make trouble—and she succeeded very well indeed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “By bullying and browbeating anybody who tries to stop you. Chaplain, get me my uniform! It’s around this hospital somewhere. For once in your life, succeed at something.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Try as he might the dog could do nothing to remove the pliant quills; he only succeeded in pushing them farther in. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z This forms the nub of a dilemma that every Everest climber eventually comes up against: in order to succeed you must be exceedingly driven, but if you’re too driven you’re likely to die. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z And I succeeded in bringing back a cup. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried again and succeeded in sitting up. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Yet Svetlana worked harder than everyone else to prove she could succeed on her own. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z If such a campaign had succeeded, it would only have increased the difficulty of holding his domain together. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Still...when she tried to imagine a plan that could succeed, the logistics overwhelmed her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The king then sent his youngest daughter to beg the dragon for mercy, and she was so lovely and clever that he was sure she would succeed where the others had perished. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Did I really have to give up everything Navajo to succeed in the modern world? Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z At the Transvaal conference that year in October, my name was proposed to replace the banned J. B. Marks, who had recommended that I succeed him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If his plan was to distract me from being the talk of the school, he succeeded. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z "But we must pray for Hitler to succeed, for if he does not, we all lose." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “How were the Gawaines?” asked Lancelot, in the old tone which he had never succeeded in making natural. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z If he tried to paddle for shore, he would succeed only in turning the raft sideways. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z The man who had succeeded his entire life, excelling at everything and failing at nothing, was beaten. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “The coolness of you two rascals is amazing,” began Mr. Pickwick, trying to get up an awful frown and only succeeding in producing an amiable smile. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I am sure I could not have seen him by then, had I even succeeded; had I even been able to look. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “What’s so weird about it, Cochran? The boy’s obviously a misfit. He tried in his small ineffectual way to damage the sale and he succeeded in doing the opposite. The school rallied against him.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On the days he succeeded in getting outside the gate, he waited for a bus to stop, then hung on its back rails. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z By one or the other I was determined to succeed. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Grover could read emotions, so he probably knew Prometheus was succeeding. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “We knew the odds of either team succeeding were small. As a gambler, I hope you can understand.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As I slept, the news was confirmed: American voters had elected Donald Trump to succeed Barack as the next president of the United States. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Often enough, and sometimes spectacularly, he would succeed in showing that the “facts” were wrong. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The coyote never succeeded; instead, his plans always backfired. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Chief Powhatan had tried again to wipe out the “tribe” that came from the Chesapeake, and he had nearly succeeded. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z And on the fourth day he succeeded—again, entirely in private. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Rob had succeeded in getting as far as Turner’s driveway when Burdow, seeing that his game was about finished, rode up beside Rob’s team and fired a pistol over the heads of the horses. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus succeeded in making him a prisoner, and he told the Greeks Troy would not fall until someone fought against the Trojans with the bow and arrows of Hercules. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z His work began with making sure that Death Row inmates stayed healthy—not just for their own good but, perversely, so they couldn’t succeed in suicide and thereby “cheat the chair.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After trampling over many bodies and corpses, we succeeded in getting inside. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z As an adult, Champollion succeeded; fulfilling his childhood ambition, he provided a brilliant decipherment of the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Rumors circulated that Adams intended to step down from office in order to permit Jefferson, still his vice president, to succeed him, in an effort to forestall a constitutional crisis. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z About what it’s like trying to keep the anger inside, but never succeeding. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Yeah. They would have succeeded, too, if I’d been at home. I was just lucky.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Of course, there would always be people, even within the Muslim community, who didn’t want to see me succeed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “To ensure no one in Fry ever misses an opportunity again. If you haven’t noticed, he succeeded.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z After more weeks of trial and error and testing and retesting, they succeeded in locating a bullet lost in a different man's body for years. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Finally I came upon a nearly deserted shop where, despite being tongue-tied at first, I succeeded in pawning a cup that belonged to my father. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Teller’s obsessive personality created a managerial dilemma for Norris Bradbury, the able Berkeley-trained physicist who had succeeded Oppenheimer as Los Alamos director. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He was to succeed the regent as chief and had decided to remain in Mqhekezweni and take up his birthright. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I suspect that you have effectively demolished the small car that someone innocently parked behind this bus. You had better succeed in getting out of this spot before its owner happens along.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t promise us anything, but they told us if we worked hard and took advantage of every opportunity presented to us, we would succeed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Finally, she succeeded in going over the high fence, and disappeared behind a cluster of shacks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I succeeded on my own in finding a master for myself in the person of Moishe the Beadle. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be much harder for her to fail than to succeed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He suspected it would be important to win High-Tech’s respect, and he would succeed only by showing nothing of the fear that was crawling all over him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Because of those undoubted effects of childhood environment and learned knowledge on IQ test results, the psychologists’ efforts to date have not succeeded in convincingly establishing the postulated genetic deficiency in IQs of nonwhite peoples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z What he was saying was that we had to start somewhere, either succeed or fail, and then build what we knew as we went along. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z We all tried not to worry but nobody succeeded. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Remarkably, the overwhelming majority of people branded criminals and felons struggle mightily to play by the rules and to succeed in a society seemingly hell-bent on excluding them. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I was neither confident enough to think that I might succeed nor secure enough to bear the sense of failure if I did not. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I sensed that Malcolm was not confident he would succeed in escaping from the shadowy world which had held him in thrall. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I succeeded in reaching the bedroom door, fear all over me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I was convinced that if I ever succeeded in praying, my words would bound noiselessly against the ceiling and rain back down upon me like feathers. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When I learned the Spanish word for succeed, I thought it was kind of ironic that the word exit is embedded in it. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It seems that once Voldemort had succeeded in sealing a piece of his soul inside it, he did not want to wear it anymore. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She knew she wouldn't manage it right away, but she felt fairly confident that with a great deal of practice and effort, she would succeed in the end. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Some children, however, require more extensive modifications to the curriculum in order to succeed. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The pattern was repeated with monotonous regularity in succeeding springs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Although he received his calling at his lowest and poorest, he tells Theo, as an old proverb says, “Poverty prevents good minds succeeding.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Grandmother laughed and said, ‘What makes you think you’ll succeed when everyone else fails?’ A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But he’d only succeeded in making the place look like a well-groomed corpse in a new suit. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Many have not accomplished the position very well, but Ms. Gruwell has succeeded. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Twisting my hand frantically I succeeded in catching one more hook with the rope. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “If you succeed, there will be no end to the suffering you unleash.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “His being so sure of succeeding was wrong,” said she, “and certainly ought not to have appeared; but consider how much it must increase his disappointment!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z I can pretend they succeeded to protect myself, but I can’t let it become true. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In their great, tenacious drive to succeed, perhaps Patrick saw the futility of his own struggle. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z And God have mercy on us if you succeed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I succeeded in digging a hole in that w^all of dead and dying people, a small hole through which I could drink a little air. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z This laudable decision would have succeeded if he had not erred in his other moves. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z White had no doubt what would happen if he didn’t succeed: previous agents on the case had been banished to distant outposts or cast out from the bureau entirely. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z After that night he was never seen again, and no one knows if he succeeded in finding his way back to Grace. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s bad enough to fail, but far worse to see another succeed at the very accomplishment you’d hoped to achieve. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Unlike poor Señor Rosario and his family, she and Salvador had succeeded. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Many of the living descendants of those Aborigines who survived the era of European colonization are now finding it difficult to succeed economically in white Australian society. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z If I succeeded, I gained an hour of calm. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z More than three years had passed since Santa Sofía de la Piedad had brought him the grammar when Aureliano succeeded in translating the first sheet. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Now,” said Herbert, as it was succeeded by silence, “he’s drinking. Now,” said Herbert, as the growl resounded in the beam once more, “he’s down again on his back!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z If you succeed in giving guilders to petty children such as this,” I gestured to Ambrose. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Although Bigwig might succeed in talking over one or two, most of the rabbits they could expect to join them would not come from the Owsla. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama and my older brothers had succeeded in keeping most of us together, on the same bus, headed for the same camp. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Until some gang succeeds in putting the world in a strait jacket, its definition is possibility. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This was unlikely to succeed, since the Germans now had extra soldiers on patrol. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Prepare yourself, daughter of Pluto. If you succeed against the witch, we will meet again.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Several times before, I had seen boys on the land and had chased them from it, but without succeeding in getting hold of their loot. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z His recollection of Harriet, and the words which clothed it, the “beautiful little friend,” suggested to her the idea of Harriet’s succeeding her in his affections. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The alliance seemed to have a reasonable chance of succeeding, but eighteen months of warfare severely depleted Indigenous villages and agricultural resources. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes that desire would subside, and Taisin thought she might succeed in preventing her vision from happening, but then her feelings returned at the most unexpected moments. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z If it came to a choice—save Annabeth or let the quest succeed—could Percy really choose the quest? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Harry strained and pushed and succeeded in toppling them over. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “Artemis, give it up. No human has ever succeeded in keeping fairy gold. And they’ve been trying for centuries. The LEP will do anything to protect their property.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z His hopes of succeeding accelerated when one day Perry produced a pastel drawing he had made—a large, in no way technically naive portrait of Jesus. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z As we neared the Płaszów camp a short while later, I was still overjoyed I had succeeded in leaving the ghetto. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The glossy pages of succeeding months blossom around it: landscapes of fluted mountains for 1964; a curious collection of Irish setters and pugs in 1969; twelve varieties of jasmine for each month of 1973. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Apollo missions have already descended close to the moon’s surface. And you two have already succeeded.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He was trying to sound cheerful, but he wasn’t succeeding too well. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “The Germans could destroy all of London if they succeed,” Wilson said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And now she has succeeded, she is ready to learn more about what she must do to help us. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The second Eurasian attempt to colonize the Americas succeeded because it involved a source, target, latitude, and time that allowed Europe’s potential advantages to be exerted effectively. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t quit when things didn’t go right. I was on the hook to succeed.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Honestly, reader, what do you think the chances are of such a small mouse succeeding in his quest? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Mai was incredibly impressed—not just that I could say these things, but also because she spent two weeks trying to teach a friend's mother four words of Vietnamese and had not succeeded. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z If it succeeds, they could end the war by sundown. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Knowing there are people who don't want me to succeed is depressing. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The Greek Kings of Egypt who succeeded Alexander were serious about learning. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We had many fruitful discussions about the unity of our two organizations, but after Makwetu was released and was succeeded in the PAC leadership on Robben Island by John Pokela, the talks foundered. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Would I, in whatever endeavors I ended up undertaking in America, succeed, and would I do so nobly? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, a smallpox epidemic devastated the Aztecs after the failure of the first Spanish attack in 1520 and killed Cuitlahuac, the Aztec emperor who briefly succeeded Montezuma. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z First Sticky would need to resist Mr. Curtain’s invitation—and with the pull of the Whisperer so powerful, with Mr. Curtain now so likely to succeed, could Reynie hold out hope for this? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Now it is about to succeed by being of no use at all. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z With every boat which we have over-hauled since then this trick has succeeded; we have had every deference shown to us, and not once any objection to whatever we chose to ask or do. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z ‘They succeeded in their mission. As of this moment they are alive. Whether or not they are okay - ‘There is still work to be done,’ Queen Hera interrupted. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “For several reasons. But let’s say that the most important is that you have succeeded in discovering your Personal Legend.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Each succeeding team has contributed to this tradition. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever its meaning, its musical flaws or merits, Leningrad certainly succeeded in its patriotic purpose. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I wanted to reach for the blotter and succeeded only in twitching my arm. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z What she wanted, after Rekus died, and what she succeeded in having more often than not, was some touching every day. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z When at last he did succeed in getting to the surface, tired and smelly, he observed that the truck was not making any more collections but was rumbling rapidly along. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Overall Olmsted remained confident that his exposition landscape would succeed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I don’t believe that,” said Hahn, “but I am thankful we didn’t succeed.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Since I’d never succeeded in locking everybody in anyway, that would be easy, I thought. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I know if I work hard in school and in sports, I can succeed in both. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “You think he succeeded then, sir?” asked Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Neither the Revolution nor the infant republic could have succeeded without the support of the southern states, so Adams had deferred to the Virginians to assume leadership of the antislavery movement. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She, Nicholas, and her four other children were living in a second-floor walk-up in Englewood, a crime-burdened neighborhood abandoned first by the white middle class and then by the black middle class that succeeded it. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Parents often learn the instrument along with the child, acting as musical role models, and maintaining a positive learning atmosphere for the child to succeed. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It was surprising how often he had succeeded. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He remembered his home, and that gave him a new determination to succeed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “The usual. To trade them for lots of stuff. But she succeeded a little too well. Look down.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The thoughts merged into the Beiderman and their brownstone and her basement, and Isa felt so lonely and lost that she didn’t know how their mission to win him over could possibly succeed. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He reached behind himself, hacking blindly at the cord, but only succeeded in becoming more entangled, both in the rope and the oilcloth that had been draped from the scaffolding above. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Your writing shows promise. If you’re able to overcome the difficulties like the one you describe in your paper and you continue working as hard as you have, you’re going to succeed.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z A new cereal, Shredded Wheat, seemed unlikely to succeed—“shredded doormat,” some called it—but a new beer did well, winning the exposition’s top beer award. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And each time they succeed, they get rid of five to seven generations. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z So many blows landed upon me that I wondered if I were not the only blindfolded fighter in the ring, or if the man called Jackson hadn't succeeded in getting me after all. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Had I succeeded in dissuading Hamlet from revenge? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Those invaders get winnowed by natural selection, and only a few of them succeed in establishing themselves as human diseases. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “How can you succeed when you let the puppet troops do the fighting?” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Most people applauded her wins, but there was always someone lurking in the wings who didn’t want to see her succeed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The suffrage movement, while having made great progress at the state level, badly needed a dramatic happening at the national level if it was to succeed. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z But even if the program succeeds in its immediate objective, it is clear that the whole closely knit fabric of life has been ripped apart. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In April 1998, I received the Most Inspiring Student Award, given to those who have overcome great obstacles and succeeded in life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Just when she’d succeeded, when things had been looking up and she’d been reunited with Percy, they had plunged to their deaths. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Before we had finished, voices from the shelter had resumed and were succeeded by peels of triumphant laughter. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Still, our list of triumphs lacks many wild plants that, despite their value as food, we never succeeded in domesticating. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Uriah glances at me, but I cant read his expression well enough to know if he succeeded or failed. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z And yet what he and his crew did succeed in doing in 1915–1916 was one of the most incredible feats of survival ever recorded. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z If you don’t succeed, Mars had warned, there won’t be any camp left to return to. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It made Mr. Popper very nervous to see them shoving each other, as if at any moment they might succeed in pushing one over. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z His efforts succeeded: in December Eisenhower ordered that a “blank wall” be placed between the physicist and all classified or sensitive government information, pending further investigation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Yes, I agree. To succeed we should have to manage all those things.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z If the problem had been a bullet or a blade, they might have succeeded, but the flecks and shavings of steel were too many and too small. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z James II had succeeded his brother in 1685 and, after a cautious start to his reign, by 1687 he was starting to throw his weight around. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z This is progress of a sort, but it’s also repression, since it means that pop culture has succeeded to a considerable extent in burying something that used to be right out in the open. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The theme is not developed but simply grows in volume like Ravel’s Bolero; it is succeeded by a slow melodic passage that suggests a chant for the war's dead. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, because he was a military man and knew how to win the people over and to secure himself against the nobility, he succeeded in waging war against them for many years. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Pascal and Boyle both ‘won’ this argument in so far as they succeeded in casting doubt on the legitimacy of appealing to substances whose existence might be theoretically convenient but could not be demonstrated experimentally. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And truth be known, it failed as often as it succeeded. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z It made sense that she didn’t want them to succeed. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Thus language-games do not simply succeed, progress, pay, or prove their worth; they can also become unsustainable if the facts change. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But he could not succeed in convincing her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z That meant Ambrose would know how close he had come to succeeding. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Some South American crops nevertheless did succeed in reaching Mesoamerica, such as manioc, sweet potatoes, and peanuts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z At the height of the storm his boat was shattered and sank, but he succeeded in swimming to shore. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, while I struggled to satisfy them and began to succeed, they made a pet of me, which I hated. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Those who had tried to kill him, who had left him for dead years before, thought they had succeeded. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z "Not with that attitude. The only ones who succeed are the ones who want it so badly that nothing will keep them from it." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Newly focused, sober, and intensely committed to succeed, he graduates with honors and returns to his community intent on changing things. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “So you nearly succeeded in severing the child from her dæmon?” said Father MacPhail. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Washington dismissed the requests as sentimental, pointing out that if Andre had succeeded in his mission, it might very well have turned the tide of the war. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Although he had never really contemplated the possibility before, Captain Black understood at once that he was the logical man to succeed Major Duluth as squadron commander. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z If I hadn’t succeeded on my first try, I wondered how long it would have taken me to figure that out. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But if Winner Lane could hardly be expected to fail, could Loser Lane possibly succeed? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Quickly, Penelope turned to Cassiopeia, who had just succeeded in tearing the ribbon off her present with her teeth. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Perhaps only the basic idea is known: someone has succeeded, somehow, in achieving a certain final result. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Lewis Strauss, who had succeeded Dean as AEC chairman, unjustly labeled the boat a likely “Red spy ship,” intensifying the furor in Japan and creating a very public black eye for the American testing program. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As Booth drifted off to sleep, he did not know whether his master plan had succeeded or failed. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The hood made me realize that crime succeeds because crime does the one thing the government doesn’t do: crime cares. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But both Helm and Girard knew that one more element was needed if the hospital was to succeed: a full-time physician. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z They succeeded in staying quiet, in part because it felt like the air had been shocked out of him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z For weeks I had been trying to whistle like that but I hadn't succeeded once. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I could not become a prizefighter—many of us tried but very few succeeded. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z I had learned to be self-confident as a Marine, to believe that I could succeed even in the hardest battle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He was confessing everything, even the things he had succeeded in holding back under the torture. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The effort succeeded; for an instant he unconsciously relapsed into his old servile manner, bent low before me, and actually fawned upon me as he replied:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z And, when someone was in such pursuit, the entire universe made an effort to help him succeed— that’s what the old king had said. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The American was succeeded by the pale Englishman with the inexpressive face whom Poirot had already noticed on the day before. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather than squabbling over sites, he lectured, the different factions needed to recognize that for the exposition to succeed, everyone had to work together, no matter which location the directors selected. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z To get into and succeed in a reasonably competitive graduate program, meanwhile, you probably need an IQ of at least 115. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Even when they succeeded, as so many of them did, they were singled out, made examples of, transfigured into parables of diversity. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “To succeed in those days, you had to fight for everything you got,” Arcaro wrote in his autobiography, I Ride to Win! Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z These articles, he claimed, caused him to abandon the plan and to jettison all hope of ever succeeding at such a scheme in the future. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I doubt whether chance could possibly succeed in producing even a single verse! The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And if it hadn’t been for all that plastic he might have succeeded. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end, though, cursing his old bones and grunting like a hungry pig, he succeeded, the backhoe lurched forward, and as it did Amarante’s floppy hat jolted off his head. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “She doesn’t want us to succeed. If we keep showing the world how smart kids are here, no way is the city shutting down Riverview.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Without storm or fire, their quest couldn’t succeed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Alyce spat on her fingers and rubbed her face, but succeeded only in making both face and hands equally dirty. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a sister married to a Mr. Phillips, who had been a clerk to their father, and succeeded him in the business, and a brother settled in London in a respectable line of trade. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Two years later, a handful of states had succeeded in banning texting or use of handheld phones by all drivers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z ‘But my heroes. . . you have triumphed over the giants as I knew you would. My plan succeeded beautifully.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “It is time for you to make your choice. Should you not succeed in crossing the bridge, you will fall into one of the fires of hell and be forced into the next life.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At last he succeeded in pulling himself up to the rim. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally the king reasoned that a maiden might melt the dragon's heart and succeed where warriors had failed. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z If it succeeded, I would be reunited with my brothers. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Between the two of them, they’d only succeeded in giving up. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “And this intention to be a jerk,” the rabbi prompts, “did you succeed?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He was succeeded by Gregory XV, an elderly stopgap who himself died in 1623, when things seemed at last to be going better for Galileo. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Mr. Muhammad taught that no marriage could succeed where the woman did not look up with respect to the man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But I was committed to be there for them whether they stumbled or succeeded. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He added, “There will be no one to blame except ourselves if they succeed in fixing this jury.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Finally, after a whole series of adventures and much aerial acrobacy three handsome young Alphas succeeded in rescuing her. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z In contrast, Indian blunt clubs, while capable of battering and wounding Spaniards and their horses, rarely succeeded in killing them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “But if she is so powerful, how could any human succeed?” he asked. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z If their quest was going to succeed, they needed these Romans, which meant getting to know them and building some goodwill. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They were happy to help someone, to succeed at something, even if they weren’t to benefit. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The chief danger of adopting a credible pose of irrationality is that to succeed in the pretense you have to be very good. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In Pittsburgh the young steel engineer became more convinced than ever that his challenge to the Eiffel Tower could succeed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Yet to this day she regretted not having completed the course and received her diploma—“just to prove,” as she had told a friend, “that I once succeeded at something.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He could not have explained his optimism—he was happy and therefore bound to succeed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Blue’s Clues succeeds as a story of discovery only if the clues are in proper order. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Although the chemical war went on in succeeding years, the trickle of research funds dried up completely. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Of course, I would never have succeeded with this scheme if I hadn't made that A in the first place. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Not only did this the person risk her life for me and my brothers, but it is also the person who has supported every decision and every accomplishment that I’ve succeeded at. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z If you are smart, hardworking, well educated, well paid, and married to someone equally fortunate, then your children are more likely to succeed. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z ‘We might succeed in roasting Pippin alive inside.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z And yet, we shall succeed because we must—we have no choice in the matter—to fight or to submit to the greatest indignities and outrages. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z For the moment, though, the chances of succeeding seemed bleak. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z For days ahead of time I practiced looking sorry, levelheaded, bright-eyed, and determined to succeed. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z It is difficult for us to fathom fully the threat that Burr represented to Hamilton because we know that the American experiment with republican government was destined to succeed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z When he had succeeded, there were plenty of remarks from the other passengers. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Lily’s eyes filled with tears as Petunia succeeded in tugging her hand away. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He promised that if he were chosen to succeed Thupa Wallpa he would swear the same oath of allegiance to Spain. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Here we see both liberals and conservatives endorsing the same meta-narrative of American individualism: When individuals get ahead, the group triumphs. When individuals succeed, American democracy prevails.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was succeeded and perhaps taken over by a state called Chimor, which oversaw an empire that sprawled over central Peru until it, too, was absorbed by the Inka. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z |
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