How to Use excel in a Sentence

excel

verb

• She excels everyone else in sports.
• The teams excel at defending both the run and the pass.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2020
• Where are the weak spots, and where will the Fins excel?
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2021
• Oliver has the size to excel as a press corner and the speed to close when the ball is in the air.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2018
• And the episode makes a point of noting that both can excel on their own.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 15 May 2018
• This pair of twins excel on the field and in the community.
  — oregonlive, 2 Mar. 2021
• Another key to excelling in the red zone comes with the run game.
  — Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
• In the same game where one unit excelled, other units would crash and burn.
  — Giana Han, al, 5 Jan. 2020
• Fultz has plenty of time to get his bearings and excel.
  — Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• Part of what Ellis does right off the field is excel in the classroom.
  — Pat Disabato, Daily Southtown, 23 Aug. 2017
• Lots of players who excel at the college level never make the jump to the pros.
  — Jim Geraghty, National Review, 29 Apr. 2021
• 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
• This can speed up the process so diverse experts can excel as a team.
  — Csaba Toth, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
• Austin could also return kicks and excel in the jet sweep game.
  — cleveland, 25 Feb. 2022
• Both would love to excel against their original school of choice.
  — G Smith, NOLA.com, 24 Sep. 2020
• Where Riyadh does excel is the sheer number of places for coffee.
  — Richard Quest, CNN, 25 Sep. 2022
• Few high school teams, frankly, are built to excel versus that unit.
  — Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2022
• As a child, Cameron excelled in academics and helped run the household.
  — Hanna Krueger, NOLA.com, 30 May 2018
• Davis has excelled the past two seasons as a pass rusher.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2019
• Many skaters choose a single discipline and work to excel at it.
  — Tod Leonard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Aug. 2017
• Vavao not only excels on the field, but also in the classroom.
  — Vytas Mazeika, The Mercury News, 25 July 2019
• The purpose of grades is — or at least should be — to ensure students excel in the long run.
  — Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2020
• And our species doesn't exactly excel at taking the long view.
  — Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2018
• There’s a pressure to reinvent, to excel last week’s look, to evolve.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2020
• Thomas excelled in press-man coverage and was rarely beat.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2020
• Jim excelled in sports playing from his youth through college.
  — sun-sentinel.com, 24 July 2019
• IU’s defense played well, and its special teams excelled across the board.
  — Zach Osterman, The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2017
• Solomon always excelled at the sport, but sometimes bumped heads with youth coaches.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
• In cooler vintages, when the grapes are not so overripe, this wine should excel.
  — Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2021
• His brother, Trayvon, had excelled at the school before him.
  — Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 15 Nov. 2019

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024