transcend
Example Sentences
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I, whose prowess in the water barely transcended a doggy paddle, undertake a swim of such scale that it could be traced on the map!
From Literature
Instead, Mr. Oliver suggests, among other things, meditation and yoga, explaining how these Eastern practices can help up transcend our personal preoccupations and loosen the constraints of the ego’s self-obsession.
In the square, they wrung out their clothes and assessed each other for bruises, and for a moment, the giddy pleasure of not being dead transcended everything.
From Literature
The selection suggests that indigenous art has evolved sufficiently since the 1970s to transcend special pleading.
With my mind on Turner, I do transcend; I feel so emboldened I could leave anything behind in peace after the session.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
