Sentence examples for success something of a from inspiring English sources

Wong is an unusual politician – her professional success something of a triumph of ambition over temperament.

Even at the height of their success, something of the underdog clung to them.

But Ms. Silverman now regards its success as something of a fluke.

The production's success is something of a surprise because the advance buzz had not been encouraging.

Get The Knack took 11 days and cost $18,000 to record, but its success became something of a curse.

Traditionally, it is a style of music dominated by men, so her success was something of a rarity, according to a profile of the singer on Billboard.com.

The book's international success is something of a surprise for a writer from a country about which, as Gospodinov has said, "there's not much literary curiosity".

And so Dillon's success remains something of a one-shot wonder, born of a presidential contender's attention to a well documented disgrace.

Its success began something of a revival in Australian drama; it was followed by Alan Seymour's The One Day of the Year (1961) and Patrick White's Four Plays (published 1965).

Mind of Mine's success is something of a no-brainer – its single, Pillowtalk, went to No 1 in umpteen countries earlier this year, despite audibly severing ties with 1D's sound.

This result would be astonishing enough if the film represented the first big-screen outing for the social misfits of Rudge Park Comprehensive, but given that it's a sequel to a feature-length adaptation of a British sitcom (a subgenre that more or less begins and ends with Mutiny On The Buses), its runaway success is something of a minor miracle.