Sentence examples for he only succeeded from inspiring English sources

He only succeeded in being brutally realistic.

He only succeeded in getting Comey to confirm that the agency doesn't act lightly.

James Beattie's penalty was saved by the former Everton goalkeeper Thomas Myhre but he only succeeded in pushing the ball back to Beattie who gratefully tapped it home.

Yet in purposely trying to rectify this so-called fault by creating what he called "active and dynamic" women in "The Witches of Eastwick" and "S," he only succeeded in making things worse.

Though Yang Guozhong could attack and destroy An Lushan's supporters at court, he was unsuccessful in his attempts to establish a countervailing military base in the provinces or to undermine An Lushan's position in the northeast, and he only succeeded in exacerbating An Lushan's suspicions and frustrations.

Pogrebnyak's centre gave him his chance and though Terriers keeper Alex Smithies got a hand on the downward effort, he only succeeded in palming the ball into the roof of the net.

In the London-based Independent, Daniel Howden notes that many in the West who praised Jonathan as a reformer "now deride him as 'indecisive.'" Fred Nwonwu agrees, writing in Nigeria's Daily Times that even when Jonathan tries to act, he "only succeeds in appearing more helpless to stop Nigeria's gradual slide to anarchy".

By placing the action in an asylum and declaring all the characters delusional from the outset, he only succeeds in depriving the audience of any reason to care about them, although the poor cast does its best to win them back.

At the time, he'd only succeeded in passing three of the bills he sponsored.

"By running negative attacks, he has only succeeded in hurting the front-runner and it is self-evident he has not helped himself.

On the other hand, he not only succeeded in successfully hosting the Copenhagen EU summit, but was also instrumental in bringing the forthcoming world climate summit to Copenhagen.