without success
idiom
: without achieving what one tried to do : unsuccessfully
He tried to repair the engine but without success.
Examples of without success in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
That was a bit surprising, since injecting retinoic acid to trigger the regeneration of the ear pinna punch wounds in mice has been tried before by a Polish research team without success in 2022.
—
Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
Israel has pressed the U.S. for years, without success, to join an offensive to decapitate Iran's nuclear facilities.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Fu and her colleagues attempted to retrieve ancient DNA from six samples taken from Dragon Man’s surviving tooth and the cranium’s petrous bone, a dense piece at the base of the skull that’s often a rich source of DNA in fossils, without success.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
Congressional Democrats have been pressing VA leaders for specific details of what’s been canceled without success.
—Brandon Roberts, ProPublica, 6 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for without success
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
Israel has pressed the U.S. for years, without success, to join an offensive to decapitate Iran's nuclear facilities.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Fu and her colleagues attempted to retrieve ancient DNA from six samples taken from Dragon Man’s surviving tooth and the cranium’s petrous bone, a dense piece at the base of the skull that’s often a rich source of DNA in fossils, without success.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
Congressional Democrats have been pressing VA leaders for specific details of what’s been canceled without success.
—Brandon Roberts, ProPublica, 6 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for without success
Cite this Entry
“Without success.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20success. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share