Sentence examples for of surpassing from inspiring English sources

"For me that's special," Defoe said of surpassing Sheringham.

And the company has a longer habit of surpassing bars set by others.

In one startling section, he weeps uncontrollably when he witnesses any example of "surpassing human achievement".

They were people of surpassing gentleness & commitment and will be missed beyond measure.

The city is just short of surpassing its 20-year-old snowfall record.

"I don't think you can ever dream of surpassing players of that stature.

Federal officials said he had an I.Q. of 133, surpassing 98 percent of the population.

Bach succeeded, of course, surpassing many of his own sublime keyboard pieces with the "Goldberg" Variations.

There was talk among the tennis cognoscenti about the prospect of his surpassing his 2011 season.

It was a remarkable piece of virtuosity, surpassing even Yma Sumac.

But the need for managing volumes of data surpassed that of disk storage.