How to Use peerless in a Sentence

peerless

adjective
  • As an athlete he is peerless.
  • At the time the Royal Navy was still peerless, if too small.
    Bartle Bull, WSJ, 9 May 2019
  • Sorkin’s vivid prose and peerless acuity for satire are gifts to the reader.
    Anne Quito, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2020
  • The next Olympics were coming, and Simone Biles was still peerless.
    Louise Radnofsky, WSJ, 14 July 2021
  • Fans hope for her peerless sass in the acceptance speech.
    Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 June 2017
  • The trouble this time was not Mr. Pence’s skill set on this front, which remains peerless.
    Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Many good things have happened to Eliud Kipchoge, the 37-year-old Kenyan who is peerless in the marathon.
    Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 29 May 2022
  • In just a century, it’s grown from a nascent crop into a peerless one.
    Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
  • With a posh British accent and peerless aplomb, the white-gloved butler of the Banks household was played by Joseph Marcell.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Manchin has to this point had a peerless sense of what is popular and how to stay on the good side of West Virginia voters.
    Chris Regan, The New Republic, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Beyond his peerless route-running and elite hands, Kelce’s game-day acumen is off the charts.
    Tim Bielik, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2020
  • This was a guy with a peerless track record, respected in the private sector.
    Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 6 May 2018
  • Now Soto is a Padre, on to the next phase of a career with a nearly peerless beginning.
    New York Times, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Presley worked hard and set a peerless example that transcends the Elvis of the Las Vegas years.
    Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Capital Lisbon, with its trams rattling up hills and peerless views of the river Tagus, is the place to start.
    CNN, 5 Aug. 2021
  • To so badly want a baby and not be able to have one is a peerless brand of devastating.
    Sloane Crosley, The Cut, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The Twins, peerless broadcaster Cory Provus mentioned Friday, have stolen just one base since the all-star break.
    Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Sounds like a job for a great negotiator, some peerless practitioner of the art of the deal.
    Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 22 Dec. 2019
  • Fårö is a sacred space where a peerless artist made some of the most cherished films in the history of cinema.
    Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2021
  • No one brings it to life like the peerless Argentine pianist Martha Argerich.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The New Zealander has built a peerless catalog with Crowded House, whose sound weaves elements of folk with rock and a hit of roots.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 3 June 2021
  • Soon enough, he and everyone else will find out what the Gators’ peerless one-two punch have working on this offseason.
    Edgar Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 Aug. 2017
  • His peerless skills will likely convince you of their beauty.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2022
  • His peerless genius is a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
    Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2020
  • The Nets can’t finish this job if Kyrie Irving plays only home games, but Irving hasn’t lost one bit of his peerless repertoire.
    Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2022
  • He’s peerless in explosive plays in the punt return game in NFL history.
    Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2021
  • In moments of success, such as the team’s victory at the 2018 World Cup, France’s stars get cast as peerless agents of national unity and strength.
    Washington Post, 11 June 2021
  • The growth of coffee as a culture, not just as a drink, can be measured in a unit that might be called the Larry, for the peerless comedy writer Larry David.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Another band that does peerless covers is Lake Street Dive.
    Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Setter/hitter Kennedi Orr is the most versatile player in the state and a peerless leader.
    Star Tribune, 7 Oct. 2020

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