How to Use excel in a Sentence

excel

verb
  • She excels everyone else in sports.
  • Here’s who else excelled this week.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Naperville is known for excelling.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
  • And Waslo excels at those types of things.
    — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Still, Hall excelled in school.
    — Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Lemon excels the most in his yards after catch.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Our deals page has the offers that excel.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 24 May 2026
  • Our deals page has the offers that excel.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 25 May 2026
  • Grayce excels in both process and product.
    — Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
  • And the episode makes a point of noting that both can excel on their own.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 15 May 2018
  • Few high school teams, frankly, are built to excel versus that unit.
    — Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2022
  • In the same game where one unit excelled, other units would crash and burn.
    — Giana Han, al, 5 Jan. 2020
  • Maybe Bates will excel and can hold down the spot for two or three years.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2024
  • Pease led from the start with a strong vault, also excelling on bars and beam.
    — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • Dell excels in all these areas.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Wright excels from an off alignment.
    — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The role excels in area control.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • But nobody in this class excelled.
    — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • This seems to be where Booker excels the most.
    — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Ole Miss has not excelled at stopping the run.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
  • For her, the color that excels in doing this is a warm pink.
    — Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Another key to excelling in the red zone comes with the run game.
    — Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
  • Dustin excels in college and stays best friends with Steve.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Austin could also return kicks and excel in the jet sweep game.
    — cleveland, 25 Feb. 2022
  • This can speed up the process so diverse experts can excel as a team.
    — Csaba Toth, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Collier excelled on all fronts.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Connor hopes to excel for all eight years but the future is promised to no one.
    — Murat Ates, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Both at junctures of their careers have excelled as sixth men.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Bearzot excelled against stronger sides.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Good teams have an answer and can play lineups that excel on both sides of the ball.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2021

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