Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The majority of companies in the S&P 500 have been topping analysts’ profit expectations for the summer, and the hope is that they’ll report their first overall growth in a year.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2023

Mellencamp may have been topping the charts, but he was committed to the common man.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2022

Daily new infections in Russia have soared from around 9,000 in early June to more than 25,000 now and daily fatalities have been topping 700 since last week.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 16, 2021

Yet by other metrics, the British lad behemoths have been topping Facebook charts for years—if anything, they’ve been slipping a bit of late.

From Slate • Oct. 5, 2018

White House strategists believe they have ended the slide in Bush's approval ratings, which lately have been topping 40% again.

From Time Magazine Archive