matchless
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- matchlessly adverb
- matchlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of matchless
Example Sentences
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It’s wonderful to see America’s matchless museums back in the swing of things after the past two fearful, pinched and stuttering years.
From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2022
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
But the matchless court coverage and conditioning shown by Djokovic, who’s pursuing a calendar Grand Slam and a men’s-record 21st Slam singles title, fueled Djokovic’s 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 comeback.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2021
I remembered Seattle as a town sitting on hills beside a matchless harborage—a little city of space and trees and gardens, its houses matched to such a background.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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