Example sentences for: superlative

How can you use “superlative” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Nor, at the other end of the scale, can we match the Spanish superlative suffix - ísimo , e.g., grandísimo, altísimo, bellísimo (rendered in English as the `biggest,' the `highest,' the `most beautiful,' although for an exact equivalency one would use the other superlative form in Spanish, más grande, más alto, más bello ). Nothing I have ever heard in English can match the breadth of lighthearted insult expressed by a Spanish wit some years ago who used the suffix with reference to the notoriously pampered, well-connected, well-heeled, well-placed brother-in-law ( cu ñado ) of Francisco Franco.

  • After 15 years of almost uninterrupted superlative performance--which not even the Katzenberg and Ovitz contretemps could seriously slow down--it's almost impossible to remember how close Disney was to being dismantled in the early 1980s.

  • These thoughts were occasioned by what I regard as without question the two most enthralling performances of the decade--and I hasten to temper such a superlative with a dose of irony.

  • Quality of carpets is judged by the number of knots per square inch: 60, 80, or (superlative) 100.

  • In this vein, I would also point you to Claude Steele's most illuminating essay in the Atlantic just recently about the role of racial stereotyping--by white professors of black students--in suppressing academic performance among even superlative black performers.


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