Sentence examples for debate succeeded from inspiring English sources

The effort to rally the committee around the president's agenda without much debate succeeded in approving the platform with only a few significant revisions.

While the measure contained just one small adjustment to the health-care law — strengthening safeguards against fraud among recipients of federal health insurance subsidies — Cruz said the debate succeeded in calling attention to the harm the law is causing consumers, employers and the U.S. economy.

The current art world, in the form of art fairs like Frieze, as well as the ubiquitous biennials and other festivals, is without debate succeeding at something now.

However, in a more relaxed and substantive format than that of the standard debate, Maddow succeeded in drawing out key differences between the three remaining candidates for the Democratic nomination.

But when these divergent groups agree on a goal, like getting main TV networks to televise Sunday's presidential debate, they have succeeded.

But there are glimpses of the rumblings of discontent that led to the policy debates of succeeding decades, over crime, race, welfare, education, private enterprise and civic life.

And to the welcome surprise of Mr. McGreevey's campaign aides, Mr. Schundler's heated efforts to rebut these charges -- in news conferences, television advertisements and debates -- often succeeded only in focusing greater public attention on them.

If Trump's goal was to inject himself into the public debate last weekend, he unquestionably succeeded.

Still, in the aftermath of Thursday's debate, Rubio and Cruz succeeded in keeping Trump on defense about his refusal to release his tax returns.

When the baying crowd at Mohegan Sun Arena shouted "Lock her up!", Trump shot back at them: "Lock her up is right!" But in his effervescent post-debate mood he merely succeeded in generating further controversy.

A piece of that plan included whittling down the number of debates -- which the GOP succeeded in doing -- and rearranging the order and dates of many state primaries and caucuses.