Example sentences for: triumphs

How can you use “triumphs” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Economist Deirdre McCloskey warns against hollow triumphs like, "Why did the man drink the motor oil?

  • Despite Clinton's infatuation with the idea, the federal government's record in training people for better jobs is not studded with triumphs.

  • Perhaps this is why so much emphasis is placed on modern triumphs, such as the heroic bridge across the Yangzi River that has become Nanjing’s emblem.

  • In China, for example, the big story had been the Chinese government's self-proclaimed diplomatic triumphs, such as President Clinton's visit to Beijing and Chinese President Jiang Zemin's visits to Moscow and Tokyo; in Russia it had been the collapse of the post-Soviet financial system and the humiliation of market reformers; in Israel the disintegration of Benjamin Netanyahu's government amid bitter divisions over the Middle East peace process; in South Africa the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on apartheid-era crimes; in Germany the September election that ousted Chancellor Helmut Kohl and brought the Social Democrat Gerhard Schröder to power; in Italy the country's success in qualifying to join the new euro currency; and in France its soccer team's 3-0 victory over Brazil in the final of the World Cup.

  • Some say Kline's screwball performance rescues the film: "Kline triumphs over an incoherent idea" (David Denby, New York ). ( In & Out is plugged here.)


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