How to Use excel in a Sentence

excel

verb

• She excels everyone else in sports.
• The singer also believes that her peers' cruelty helped drive her to excel.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2024
• Every hook isn’t built the same, and each style of hook is designed to excel in specific fishing situations.
  — Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• Through two weeks, Green Bay’s ground game has been terrific, while Tennessee has excelled at stopping the run.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
• The Lakers have excelled at identifying and drafting good players.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
• According to the brand, the device also excels at stripping off makeup that’s hard to remove—waterproof mascara has met its match.
  — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2024
• As the host, Ellis provides a space for guests to share their experiences, giving audiences the tools and teachings to excel within their respective fields of endeavor.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 5 Sep. 2024
• Where are the weak spots, and where will the Fins excel?
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2021
• The teams excel at defending both the run and the pass.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2020
• Oliver has the size to excel as a press corner and the speed to close when the ball is in the air.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2018
• And the episode makes a point of noting that both can excel on their own.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 15 May 2018
• Maybe Bates will excel and can hold down the spot for two or three years.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2024
• Excelled as a left tackle in 2016 but has a lot to learn.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2017
• This pair of twins excel on the field and in the community.
  — oregonlive, 2 Mar. 2021
• Another key to excelling in the red zone comes with the run game.
  — Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
• Part of what Ellis does right off the field is excel in the classroom.
  — Pat Disabato, Daily Southtown, 23 Aug. 2017
• In the same game where one unit excelled, other units would crash and burn.
  — Giana Han, al, 5 Jan. 2020
• The 4x400 relays Miss Pam excelled running anchor on was the last event of the meet.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2024
• As a child, Cameron excelled in academics and helped run the household.
  — Hanna Krueger, NOLA.com, 30 May 2018
• There’s a pressure to reinvent, to excel last week’s look, to evolve.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2020
• The skills required to excel in a job—even a job that purports to stay the same—evolve greatly as the years pass.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
• Good teams have an answer and can play lineups that excel on both sides of the ball.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2021
• Lots of players who excel at the college level never make the jump to the pros.
  — Jim Geraghty, National Review, 29 Apr. 2021
• Where Riyadh does excel is the sheer number of places for coffee.
  — Richard Quest, CNN, 25 Sep. 2022
• Few high school teams, frankly, are built to excel versus that unit.
  — Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2022
• Vavao not only excels on the field, but also in the classroom.
  — Vytas Mazeika, The Mercury News, 25 July 2019
• The purpose of grades is — or at least should be — to ensure students excel in the long run.
  — Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2020
• This can speed up the process so diverse experts can excel as a team.
  — Csaba Toth, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
• Fultz has plenty of time to get his bearings and excel.
  — Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• This year’s edition will have a strong focus on AI, gaming, transmedia and alternative film financing, arenas in which Hasan has previously excelled.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024