transcended

Example Sentences

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“The surprise from my end was that it transcended sports.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

For a moment, he adds, it transcended partisan divisions.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

As music “that transcended enmities to forge a connection between all the people born of this land,” Vargas Llosa writes, channeling Toño’s enthusiasm, the vals is the exemplary art form of a “mongrel nation.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

For Obama, the moment was personal, but his remarks deliberately transcended it.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

She saw a miracle that transcended the miracles of the saints her mother had told her about.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith