Sentence examples for had excelled from inspiring English sources

He had excelled at Yale, studying philosophy and emerging as a conservative political leader on campus.

In college Hawthorne had excelled only in composition and had determined to become a writer.

But I worried whether the Mad Ones had excelled itself into a corner.

As a student at Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden, N.J., Nakesha had excelled.

Until they recalled Bobby Jones on Friday, Guthrie had excelled as their sole left-handed reliever.

She had excelled in Latin and German in high school and hoped to become a translator.

Payet had excelled during his debut Premier League campaign but this was something else.

After a frustrating 2000 season, Cook had excelled as the Mets' left-handed setup man.

But then this was very voicey writing, the sort that Wallace had excelled at since college.

They also asked Pierre Boulez, who had excelled as principal guest conductor, to become conductor emeritus.

He had excelled as a party administrator but had little national exposure, and few considered him a serious contender.