be in the same league
Example Sentences
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Ganatra’s picture may not be in the same league, but Johnson, like Griffith, makes you feel her character’s devotion and ambition, her inevitable missteps and her ability to rebound from them.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2020
It aspired to be in the same league as genuinely worthy films, and even more to do so in a genre — surveillance state thrillers — that aliens movies have rarely ventured into.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2019
The other men onstage had their occasional moments but didn’t appear to be in the same league.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2016
It was a statement that Hudson River Park deserved to be in the same league as the city’s other signature, showy spaces.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2015
If there’s one thing I know for sure, it’s that I don’t want to be in the same league as them—hell, I don’t even want to be in the same ballpark.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
