How to Use transcendental in a Sentence

transcendental

adjective
  • To the victim, a transcendental thief is still a thief.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The days flew by, a flurry of big flavors, bold wine and transcendental scenery.
    — Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Our favorite tall child is getting transcendental (and perhaps a beard).
    — Rachel Yang, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Sometimes the transcendental truth involves giving up the race and just sitting with your friends.
    — Devin, Longreads, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Standing in the back of the cave, with the lights off is almost a transcendental experience.
    — Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2016
  • Unbeknownst to 8-year-old me and since that time, Glenn has made some of the most transcendental music.
    — Chris Eggertsen, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Yet she’s viewed, like everything else in the movie, with an adoration that is nearly transcendental.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2026
  • Blade Runner,’ in its way, is an amazing movie, but its world-building packs more punch than its transcendental neo-noir noodlings.
    — Meredith Woerner, Variety, 3 Sep. 2021
  • There should always be something transcendental—not just what people want, what is consumable.
    — John Hooper, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2017
  • These are works of deep conviction, carved in steel by a true believer in metal’s transcendental power.
    — Brad Sanders, Pitchfork, 14 Apr. 2026
  • There isn’t some big-name rock band, pop singer, or rapper leading the audience on a transcendental musical ride.
    — Tiffany Walden, Chicago Reader, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Thus death on the battlefield was a holy sacrifice with transcendental meaning.
    — Fergus M. Bordewich, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2021
  • But how can such a vast and transcendental idea like data singularity be applied to business?
    — Santosh Sharan, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Dictatorships are not idle bystanders in this transcendental battle of ideas.
    — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 30 Apr. 2021
  • My transcendental Paul Revere had succeeded where a magic wand had failed.
    — Sloane Crosley, The Cut, 26 Mar. 2018
  • In whatever way Sibelius achieved it, his final symphony can, in the right hands, have a transcendental power.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Sleep is also a vital part of her overall health, along with doing transcendental meditation.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Nailed through the forehead and into the brain, a spike of tellurium transports its recipient into a state of transcendental bliss.
    — Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The body of work is inspired by the energy and transcendental jazz music icons John and Alice Coltrane.
    — Shauna Stuart | [email protected], al, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The hard-core irrational numbers — those that are not algebraic — are called transcendental numbers.
    — Amir Aczel, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2014
  • But that is a misunderstanding of the transcendental journey.
    — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2022
  • That experience was transcendental and gave me a newfound appreciation for the wilds of nature and my own inner strength.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 14 May 2021
  • To the Inca, however, a sacrificial death may have been more transcendental than final.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2017
  • Each of a house’s windows seems to frame a different story, and a pool’s shimmering blue surface suggests depths both literal and transcendental.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
  • Thanks to this emphasis, many of Res Ipsa’s garments enjoy one-of-one status, as well as a more transcendental quality.
    — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
  • The long process of splicing and arranging tens of thousands of images requires a level of almost transcendental concentration.
    — New York Times, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Both men embraced the transcendental beliefs of the era and were abolitionists, supporters of women's rights and above all naturalists.
    — Kitty Leshay, Courant Community, 19 Sep. 2017
  • The transcendental quality of his final product, a 900-gram loaf with three kinds of chocolate (white, caramelized, semi-sweet), has made his effort worthwhile.
    — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 5 Dec. 2025
  • All my life has been a life of crossing from the racial barriers imposed by the tragic limitations of history to the transcendental urge to move beyond those limitations.
    — Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The museum is known for paintings that are hushed, serene and even transcendental; Dawson makes metal sculptures that spin, pivot and occasionally spit fire.
    — Washington Post, 9 June 2021

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