Did she excel at a particular activity or fall in the top 2% of students that you have taught in some specific respect?
Whatever she was asked to do, she excelled at.
That's why powerhouse public relations dynamo Liza Anderson is so good at what she does- she doesn't just excel at her field of public relations, but she also excels at listening to her clients and getting to know them as people, forming important relationships with them as she forms the perfect strategies toward their successes.
Not engaging in school was, perhaps, her way of not dealing with the casual and not so casual racism that was directed her way by the predominantly white students there: if she didn't excel, she wouldn't risk standing out, being seen.
Diagnosed with an attention disorder — "I'm not so good at tests" — she found she did excel at learning English.
Sandra was a popular child, described at school as "intelligent, although she does not excel academically".
Under the control of evil, she did excel; now under the control of what could be called society's rules and regulations, she has excelled.
And, it is true, Manville can do anything – but she excels at unhappiness.
Although she took lessons in piano, violin, and guitar, she didn't excel at any of them.
She saw herself as fairly intelligent, and she was always closer to the top of the class than to the bottom, but she didn't excel in any particular area.
Where showing teeth was an unwritten part of the job description, she did not excel.
