Explore Excelled through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Excelled meaning
simple past and past participle of excel
Using Excelled
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of excel
- In the example corpus, excelled often appears in combinations such as: excelled in, excelled at, he excelled.
Context around Excelled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Excelled
- In this selection, "excelled" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dave, antony, actors and performing stand out and add context to how "excelled" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1960 and excelled in sports and a dave excelled performing the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "excelled" sits close to words such as abduction, assemblies and budapest, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with excelled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
DeSantis has excelled at both. (5 words)
He excelled in private sector and also excelled in public sector. (11 words)
A very versatile athlete, Kaci also excelled in all of her sports. (12 words)
As far as “traditional” sports go, Neibauer also excelled in volleyball and basketball before suffering a pars fracture — a stress fracture in the spine — in eighth grade, requiring that Neibauer scale back her sports activity at the time. (38 words)
A lifelong Natchitoches resident, Maggio said he recalled listening to radio broadcasts of Brittain’s athletic performances at St. Mary’s, where he excelled in basketball, track and field and football, eventually choosing the latter in college. (37 words)
But it is there where Spence really excelled, being a prominent feature in Forest’s play-off winning campaign as he was named in the EFL and PFA Championship team of the year. (33 words)
Because it really has not been an area that we've excelled then in the past? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
He excelled in private sector and also excelled in public sector.
A lifelong Natchitoches resident, Maggio said he recalled listening to radio broadcasts of Brittain’s athletic performances at St. Mary’s, where he excelled in basketball, track and field and football, eventually choosing the latter in college.
An abled gymnast at the Bath Y.M.C.A., Dave excelled performing the ”Iron Cross” on the rings.
Antony excelled in the Eredivisie but has somewhat underwhelmed in the Premier League, scoring four goals in 19 appearances and providing no assists.
As a little girl, she excelled at writing and wanted to become a magazine editor.
As far as “traditional” sports go, Neibauer also excelled in volleyball and basketball before suffering a pars fracture — a stress fracture in the spine — in eighth grade, requiring that Neibauer scale back her sports activity at the time.
A very versatile athlete, Kaci also excelled in all of her sports.
Because it really has not been an area that we've excelled then in the past?
Both actors excelled at playing highly confident, slightly unhinged characters who tend to get themselves in over their heads when they overestimate their abilities.
Both teams were strong in the paint, but the Jumbos excelled in their second-chance point conversions and dominated in points off turnovers (20–10).
But it is there where Spence really excelled, being a prominent feature in Forest’s play-off winning campaign as he was named in the EFL and PFA Championship team of the year.
Central defenders James Tarkowski and Jarrad Branthwaite were strong, James Garner excelled in midfield and was alert to danger when it finally came his way.
Defying challenges like high inflation and a slump in EV demand, the automaker has consistently excelled.
DeSantis has excelled at both.
Despite the challenging business landscape, our team has excelled in the first quarter.
Dr. McConnel has excelled in academic achievements, mentoring students and peers, facilitating interagency collaborations, and contributing to and guiding the planning of the Pacific Northwest Veterinary Conference.
Fortunately, this is something Hoult has excelled at in his previous work and would carry him far as a Batman mentoring Damian Wayne's Robin.
From a serial killer to a roller derby queen, Juliette Lewis has excelled at playing wild cards and outliers.
Gerald graduated from Greenville High School in 1960 and excelled in sports.
Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga pulled out hurt in the warm-up, but his replacement Andriy Lunin excelled by saving Alvaro Djalo’s sixth-minute penalty.
Common combinations with excelled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- excelled in 88×
- excelled at 41×
- he excelled 33×
- has excelled 27×
- have excelled 14×
- who excelled 13×
- also excelled 12×
- and excelled 12×
- she excelled 8×
- excelled as 7×