Sentence examples for hours surpassing from inspiring English sources

Shortly after the book became available on Amazon.com in early October, it shot up to No.1 for several blissful hours, surpassing such goliaths as "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold.

In a timeless match, Len Hutton made a world record Test score of 364 in a fastidious and watchful innings of 13 hours, surpassing Bradman's 334.

Mandd Sobhann members sang for 40 hours, surpassing the old record of 36 hours held by a Brazilian musical troupe, Communidade Evangelica Luterana São Paulo (Lutheran Evangelical Community of São Paulo) of Universidade Luterana do Brasil (Lutheran University of Brazil).

The device debuted on Kickstarter yesterday and in less than 24 hours, surpassed its funding goal of $800,000.

Kahne won his fourth pole at the track with a lap of 181.254 miles per hour, surpassing the mark of 180.370 m.p.h.

In defense of these actions, the Galvins claimed that their starting wage of 40 to 60 cents per hour surpassed the industry average of 25 to 35 cents per hour.

Their top speed of 80 miles (130 km) per hour surpassed the 75 miles (120 km) per hour of the Jenny, allowing mail planes to beat railway delivery times over long distances.

Barrow Island, off the coast of Australia, last week claimed the new record for the fastest gust of wind ever recorded — during a cyclone, at 253 miles an hour — surpassing the old mark, 231 miles an hour, set in New Hampshire in 1934.

The new helmet, recently developed by Rawlings, has been tested by the independent National Operating Committee on Standards for Sports Equipment (NOCSAE), and proved to withstand pitches at 100 miles per hour, well surpassing the 60-m.p.h.

BALL ST. 91, U.C.L.A. 73: Ball State waited a whole 24 hours to surpass the greatest victory in the history of its basketball program.

But, in four hours, they surpassed the 336 set by Wally Hammond and Bev Lyon, also against Leicestershire, in 1933.