How to Use have any/much success in a Sentence

have any/much success

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  • Jonathan Taylor just does not have much success against the Jaguars anymore.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Sep. 2022
  • More importantly, the Browns did not allow the Bucs to have much success on first down, which kept them off schedule.
    Lance Reisland, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Keep in mind, Fowler wasn’t able to have much success in Atlanta as part of a pass-rushing unit that was nothing short of horrendous.
    Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The Astros and White Sox haven’t played this season, but Chicago didn’t have much success in last season’s meetings.
    Matt Young, Chron, 14 June 2022
  • But during his senior season at Glenbrook North, opposing hitters didn’t have much success with him on the mound.
    Steve Reaven, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2021
  • Why didn't Milwaukee have any success with Trae Young unavailable?
    Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2021
  • With so many possible routes to bomb sites, and some fairly open bomb sites as a result, there needs to be a lot of coordination from attackers to have any success.
    Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Not only that, the Giants are not likely to have much success picking up young prospects with trade-deadline deals involving contending teams.
    Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 16 Aug. 2020
  • The Cavaliers didn’t have much success inside as Evan Mobley finished with eight points and eight rebounds on 2 of 12 shooting, one of his ugliest outings this season.
    Robert Fenbers, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Team decision-makers recognize the best way to have any success on that end is by surrounding that tandem with plus-defenders.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 30 June 2021
  • In his big 2018 campaign at Houston, opposing defenses didn’t have much success picking their poison against King.
    David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Sep. 2020
  • But the inspector general’s report said recent Taliban actions hold out little chance that an international carrot-and-stick effort will have any success.
    Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Gonzalez’s message — that the state should aim higher than Baker’s incrementalism — proved unpersuasive to voters; four years later, some analysts question whether Democrats will have any success making a similar pitch this time around.
    BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2021

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