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Example sentences for: transcend

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

Almost as good are her scenes with Everett, who can't quite transcend his languid self-love enough to make us believe that he once had a thing for her.
And why do Rivera's murals transcend their propagandistic purpose in a way that works by his contemporaries don't?
The heads of the IRS ought to be like the heads of the FBI or the chairmen of the Fed, above party, serving terms that transcend incoming and outgoing administrations.
Brown says she's leaving for the opportunity to transcend the print medium and "to own what we create."
They are allowed to transcend their particular poverties--of class, gender, or nationality--in a way Dickens granted precious few Micawbers.