Sentence examples for excelled him from inspiring English sources

Few excelled him in cross-examination (the art of which, he liked to say, was "not to examine crossly").

Tucky was first and foremost a field geologist and few, if any, equalled or excelled him in this role.

Nobody, according to Hazlitt (voicing his disagreement with Dr. Johnson), excelled Shakespeare in tragedy; although his comedies could be first rate, other writers, such as Molière, Cervantes, and Rabelais, excelled him in some types of comedy.

While his views of the ideal society were retrograde, no one could excel him in specific criticisms of corruption and extravagance, harsh laws, low wages, absentee clergymen indeed, nearly everything that was wrong with England.

Fellow strikers Sergio Aguero, Alvaro Negredo and Edin Dzeko have excelled without him, scoring 58 goals between them this season.

Charlie Weis is gone as the offensive coordinator, though, and quarterback Matt Cassel, who excelled under him early and struggled down the stretch last season, could take a step back, at least temporarily, under the new coordinator, Bill Muir.

Are you kidding?" Tom helped steer him toward tasks he excelled at, letting him use and more important—show off his abilities to the best advantage.

His obsession to excel took him all over the world and led him to become the greatest pickup artist on the planet.

Hitchcock is one of the best speakers we have from the U.S. in taxonomy, though M.L. Fernald excels even him.

Sanraku was the disciple and adopted son of the leading painter of the day, Kanō Eitoku, and like him excelled in large-scale decorative designs executed in bold, sweeping lines and brilliant colours against gold-leaf backgrounds.

I may not have excelled at rocking him to sleep, but I could play.