matchless
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- matchlessly adverb
- matchlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of matchless
Example Sentences
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Everything that’s matchless about Raban’s work — his hyperacute eye for detail, his powers of synthesis, his mordant sense of humor, his vast reservoirs of knowledge and his love of travel — is there.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2023
The matchless pairing of performer and part — both Fanny and Barbra were self-deprecating singers with outsize dreams — sent Streisand into the showbiz stratosphere.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2022
Transitions may be concrete, as is the one Mark Twain uses: “Well, one matchless summer’s day. . .”
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
In the Greenwich Village folk music clubs, Dalton stood out for her distinct point of view, matchless voice and hardscrabble spirit.
From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021
One senses Madison's matchless political savvy at work throughout the process, but also a preview of Jefferson’s defiantly bold behavior thirteen years later in pushing through the Louisiana Purchase.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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