without success
idiom
: without achieving what one tried to do : unsuccessfully
He tried to repair the engine but without success.
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As Red Sox legends Pedro Martinez, David Ortiz and Dennis Eckersley looked on from various vantage points in the ballpark, their successors played without success.
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Volunteers spent decades trying to locate descendants of those expelled, without success.
—Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
However, the idea is not new, as former Crystal Palace and Bristol City chief executive Phil Alexander, who is now interim CEO of the National League, has proposed it several times in the past — initially in 2003 — without success.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
For centuries, astronomers had tried without success to determine how far away the closest stars were.
—Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Volunteers spent decades trying to locate descendants of those expelled, without success.
—Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
However, the idea is not new, as former Crystal Palace and Bristol City chief executive Phil Alexander, who is now interim CEO of the National League, has proposed it several times in the past — initially in 2003 — without success.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
For centuries, astronomers had tried without success to determine how far away the closest stars were.
—Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for without success
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“Without success.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20success. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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