Sentence examples for demanded success from inspiring English sources

Easton Ellis's roar of anger against a world that demanded success ensured that he would live the rest of his life as a man who had written a Great American Novel.

She, in turn, set about changing the school from a place that accepted failure to one that demanded success, allowing teachers like Ms. Brown and Ms. Diop to thrive.

Despite the unedifying soap opera of the Premier League's upper echelons, no football club has a divine right to be successful and no supporter has licence to demand success from their team.

"He's demanding success," Pettitte said.

"Demanding success and trophies is one thing," he said.

Unmanageable to-do lists, working late into the night, an internal voice demanding success.

"You want success, and you demand success, and it's a step in the right direction by getting Mr. Trottier," Richter said.

This curiosity may run to extremes in Matsui's case because his fans, having tolerated his departure from the Japanese game, will demand success from him abroad.

The chairman is very ambitious, and he has every right to demand success on the pitch after his financial commitment to the club".

The boardroom was a difficult place for you — there was that vote of no-confidence — and the fans were demanding success this season.

But the real money comes from crisis work, public listings and mergers, where agencies are, like investment banks, demanding success fees.Brunswick, which broke through the £1m fee barrier for a single deal with the successful defence of Lasmo against Enterprise Oil in 1995, was paid twice as much last year to fight off Lafarge's first attempt to buy Blue Circle, a rival cement producer.