Example sentences for: surpassed

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

  • And the Wall Street Journal has a stat about non-holiday Web activity that drives home the point that some sort of benchmark has been passed: the total worth of the investment firm Charles Schwab has just surpassed that of Merrill Lynch.

  • What's more, outstanding home and auto loans to borrowers with lousy credit histories surpassed $300 billion this year.

  • Among available statins, lovastatin remained the therapeutic choice through 1996, after which it was surpassed by other statins, particularly simvastatin and then atorvastatin (Figure 2).

  • The Maya have a special place in the imagination — perhaps only surpassed by the ancient Egyptians — and their traditional motifs and copies of their ceremonial artifacts make popular souvenirs.

  • In the realm of culture, no era of Chinese history has surpassed the Tang (T’ang) Dynasty (618–907), during which poetry and art reached a brilliant apex.


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