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

Jade Liang, a master’s student in Shanghai, decided to dust off her account on the dating app after applying to more than 400 jobs online without success. —Larissa Gao, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2024

After all, he’s been trying to get the film off the ground for decades, starting in 1988 and then trying to shoot it again in 2003 without success. —Brent Lang, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024

Paramedics transported Marcus to Research Medical Center, where doctors also tried to resuscitate him without success and pronounced him dead. —Samantha Latson, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024

As days passed without success, the secretary of war grew more and more agitated. —Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024

Following Flaco’s getaway in February 2023, authorities made numerous attempts to recapture him, without success. —Dalia Faheid, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024

Some state lawmakers have previously tried to legalize medical marijuana without success, and citizens groups have tried to bring the issue to voters through a ballot measure, most recently in 2022. —Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 21 Feb. 2024

His motivation stemmed from watching YouTube videos where people repeatedly searched the town without success. —Callie Cassick, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2024

Image Ritter tried for a decade to have FINA (now World Aquatics) and the International Olympic Committee award the gold medal to Larson, without success. —Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024