Sentence examples for strange successful from inspiring English sources

Beltrán had the power to turn this long, strange night into a long, strange, successful night.

Dinner's a strange affair - strangely successful.

One reason has to do with Wilder's strange but successful career.

After his strange but successful day, Perks said he would not fire Erb, who was released this morning after posting bail.

They highlight the worrying normality of suicide and subvert the strange cliché that successful people can't feel desperate or depressed.

His menu includes some strange, not very successful dishes like a buckwheat crepe with a murky filling of sautéed escargots, asparagus and white beans in a roasted garlic sauce, as well as completely enthralling inventions, like a napoleon layered with sautéed shrimp and gently steamed leeks in a caviar Champagne sauce.

And that strikes me as a little strange, because a successful scientific career is based entirely on the approval of the scientific community, in the form of publications, citations, invitations, awards, peer-reviewed grants, leadership roles in societies and departments (okay, some of you would call that punishment), tenure, and so on.

Prince's switch, too, defined the strangest and least successful period of his career (unless you're in to space-age blue bodysuits and pelvic jewellery).

Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani, talking to Carson Daly, praised the show: strange bedfellows, united behind successful TV.

After losing nine hundred million dollars on its previous effort, it might seem strange that the most successful software company in the world keeps making hardware.

Enough to Make You Yell To the Sports Editor: Re "Strange Habits of Highly Successful Tennis Players," June 21: Far and away the worst (and the strangest) habit or tic in the professional tennis world is the yell or grunt or screech vocalized by so many players every time they hit the ball.