Sentence examples for a satisfactory foothold from inspiring English sources

He wrote: "Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops.

It reached Europe in 1987, ultimately outselling Nintendo's alternative in the EU, but SEGA wouldn't gain a satisfactory foothold in the States until the introduction of the Genesis in the summer of 1989.

What a satisfactory lesson!

A satisfactory answer evades me.

Burning coal was not a satisfactory alternative.

It wasn't a satisfactory trip.

We are being told a satisfactory tale.

A satisfactory rating is more appropriate.

She thought this was a satisfactory answer.

Neither of these make a satisfactory opposition.

Starvation is not a satisfactory working condition.