Sentence examples for successful encountered from inspiring English sources

The Seal mission to capture or kill Bin Laden, while successful, encountered a number of unexpected obstacles, including the loss of a stealth helicopter that was partially blown up by the Seals after making a hard landing inside Bin Laden's compound.

The SEAL mission to capture or kill Laden, while stunningly successful, encountered a number of unexpected obstacles, including the loss of a stealthy helicopter that was partially blown up by the SEALs after making a hard landing inside bin Laden's compound.

The prime minister had a successful encounter with his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, late yesterday.

Spells were sometimes found in clue rooms, or given as gifts after successful encounters with dungeon dwellers.

Genoa's political zenith was marked by a crushing naval victory over the Pisans at Meloria (1284) and a less decisive one over the Venetians at Curzola (1298), followed by other successful encounters.

The two had successful encounters both before and after that show — "She Stoops to Conquer" at the Guthrie in 1996, "Scattergood" off Broadway in 2003 — and Mr. Hughes shares Mr. Knight's enthusiasm at the prospect of another project.

"In the most successful encounters, the pair may become so tightly locked together that the male has some difficulty escaping in the end,'' the late Harvard entomologist Andrew Spielman wrote in his 2001 book, "Mosquito: The Story of Man's Deadliest Foe".

"In the most successful encounters, the pair may become so tightly locked together that the male has some difficulty escaping in the end," the late Harvard entomologist Andrew Spielman wrote in his 2001 book, "Mosquito: The Story of Man's Deadliest Foe".

After that successful encounter, mission directors retargeted Pioneer 10's twin spacecraft, Pioneer 11, to use Jupiter's gravity as a catapult to explore Saturn in 1979.

When you see the fierce, tearful grin on her face after one successful encounter, and the sleepwalking shuffle she adopts when her depression threatens to engulf her, it's plain that she is one of the finest cinema actors we have.

The following month, Nicholson had a more successful encounter with a U-boat.