How to Use have any/much success in a Sentence

have any/much success

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  • Jonathan Taylor just does not have much success against the Jaguars anymore.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Sep. 2022
  • That's four of the five linemen who started against the Giants on a day when the offensive line didn't have much success.
    CBS News, 26 Nov. 2025
  • More importantly, the Browns did not allow the Bucs to have much success on first down, which kept them off schedule.
    Lance Reisland, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Keep in mind, Fowler wasn’t able to have much success in Atlanta as part of a pass-rushing unit that was nothing short of horrendous.
    Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Why didn't Milwaukee have any success with Trae Young unavailable?
    Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2021
  • Team decision-makers recognize the best way to have any success on that end is by surrounding that tandem with plus-defenders.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 30 June 2021
  • But during his senior season at Glenbrook North, opposing hitters didn’t have much success with him on the mound.
    Steve Reaven, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2021
  • Kieran Culkin isn't entirely convinced a Succession spinoff would have much success.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
  • With so many possible routes to bomb sites, and some fairly open bomb sites as a result, there needs to be a lot of coordination from attackers to have any success.
    Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Not only that, the Giants are not likely to have much success picking up young prospects with trade-deadline deals involving contending teams.
    Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 16 Aug. 2020
  • The Astros and White Sox haven’t played this season, but Chicago didn’t have much success in last season’s meetings.
    Matt Young, Chron, 14 June 2022
  • Despite all her research—and even after seeking professional advice about how to speak with her sister—Macy does not have much success reaching across the aisle to her family.
    Grace Byron, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In his big 2018 campaign at Houston, opposing defenses didn’t have much success picking their poison against King.
    David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Defense dominant Seattle’s starting offense didn’t have much success moving the ball against the different combinations of first-teamers on defense.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 29 July 2024
  • But the inspector general’s report said recent Taliban actions hold out little chance that an international carrot-and-stick effort will have any success.
    Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022
  • In a worst-case scenario, none of the Giants’ young pitchers have much success this season, which forces the organization to scramble for expensive, aging pitchers on the free-agent market in the offseason.
    Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The Cavaliers didn’t have much success inside as Evan Mobley finished with eight points and eight rebounds on 2 of 12 shooting, one of his ugliest outings this season.
    Robert Fenbers, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Matthew Fletcher, a University of Michigan law professor who specializes in tribal law, doubts tribal nations can have much success in that endeavor without a change in federal law.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
  • Gonzalez’s message — that the state should aim higher than Baker’s incrementalism — proved unpersuasive to voters; four years later, some analysts question whether Democrats will have any success making a similar pitch this time around.
    BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2021

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