Example sentences for: surpasses

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

  • The time t catch-up is the time when the number of cases in the control group first equals or surpasses (catches-up to) the number of cases in the intervention group.

  • However, no account of the Northwest's soaked misery surpasses that of the great American explorer and abysmal speller William Clark, who recorded his observations nearly 200 years ago.

  • Janet Maslin, however, says the film is a "misanthropic triumph" and that "[t]he ensemble acting surpasses that of any other film this year" ( New York Times ). (See the trailer.)

  • Genotypic information surpasses the resolution achievable with phenotypic markers, giving deeper insights into evolutionary relationships between species that are indistinguishable on the basis of phenotypic traits.

  • The celebrity-obsessed magazine surpasses itself in the post-Oscar issue.


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