Surpass

Examples

• Women who are worthy the name ought infinitely to surpass; our coarsefallible, self-indulgent sex, in the power to perform such duties. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Occasionally, however, intellectual efforts are made during sleep which would be difficult to surpass when awake. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I always said you would surpass them in learning: and can you draw? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• A NEW PLAY will appear at the Barnville Theatre, in the course of a few weeks, which will surpass anything ever seen on the American stage. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Do not we rather surpass your expectations? Jane Austen. Emma.
• I confess that they quite surpass my expectations, and that I am utterly unable to account for your result. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• A further development in technology corresponded more closely to thei r national needs, and in this field they came undoubtedly to surpass the Greeks. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• In textile fabrics they have never been surpassed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was something beyond love, such a gladness of having surpassed oneself, of having transcended the old existence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It surpassed any complications of intrigue in her favourite Pigault le Brun. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• When you get to the top, there's a view of the neighbouring premises, not to be surpassed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• In the course of a century or two, several of them appear to have rivalled, and even to have surpassed, their mother cities. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• An English hero of the road would be the next best thing to an Italian bandit; and that could only be surpassed by a Levantine pirate. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• His perplexity was only superficial, new conditions reigned, the old were surpassed; here one did as one was possessed to do, no matter what it was. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It would be hard to find any machine process that surpasses it in complexity and the number of separate machines involved. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The speed attained on that railway also surpasses that on any other. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• In the matter of size the Oceanic surpasses all previous efforts in ship building, but ocean steamers do not reach the highest speed attainable. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Other sections of the United States have of late years proved prolific sources of gold, especially Colorado, which now surpasses California in yield, and Alaska, which equals it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The poverty of the lower ranks of people in China far surpasses that of the most beggarly nations in Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• My bewilderment there surpasses description. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Races came and went, species passed away, but ever new species arose, more lovely, or equally lovely, always surpassing wonder. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The management beg leave to offer to the public an entertainment surpassing in magnificence any thing that has heretofore been attempted on any stage. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The birds use their vocal cords to beautiful advantage in singing, far surpassing us in many ways, but the power of speech is lacking. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The seasons have made their wonted round, and decked this eternal city in a changeful robe of surpassing beauty. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• A slight and variable colour tinged her cheeks, and her motions seemed attuned by some hidden harmony of surpassing sweetness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Now it was found that chlorine is one of the most energetic of bodies, surpassing even oxygen under some circumstances, and that a chlorine solution will readily dissolve gold. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Messages have been sent to enormous distances, far surpassing the width of the Atlantic, as from Nova Scotia and Ireland to Argentina, a distance of 5,600 miles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

Typist: Lucinda