Example Sentences

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Eclipsing that idea, though, is how much more alive and hopeful this documentary makes us feel.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

Eclipsing more than 500 total yards in each of its past two games, Louisiana finished with 349 against the Golden Gophers.

From Washington Times • Sep. 30, 2023

Eclipsing her in achievements is far more lasting.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2019

Eclipsing the new record England set for tackles in a single match last week is not, in itself, the answer.

From The Guardian • Feb. 10, 2012

For see, my friend goes shaking and white; He eyes me as the basilisk: I have turned, it appears, his day to night, Eclipsing his sun's disk.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert