How to Use outstanding in a Sentence

outstanding

adjective

• You did an outstanding job on the project.
• Outstanding among the menu items were the tomato soup and the swordfish.
• The painting is an outstanding example of the artist's style.
• As a president, he was outstanding in many ways.
• Tonight we will honor the school's most outstanding students.
• She had several outstanding parking tickets in her car.
• Her novels are outstanding for their complex characters and interesting plots.
• He left a balance of 50 dollars outstanding on his account.
• The progress has been outstanding, and there’s more to come.
  — Jae Sook Evans, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Their bills make up about half of all outstanding debt in the country.
  — Jessica Silver-Greenberg, New York Times, 1 June 2023
• Diaz was outstanding from beyond the arc and at the free throw line.
  — Orlando Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2023
• Richardson was charged with murder and a firearms charge as well as the outstanding charges.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 19 Aug. 2023
• The team, the camaraderie this year’s just been outstanding.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 29 July 2023
• The bank has about $16 billion of AT1 debt outstanding.
  — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2023
• By f/8, the zoom delivers outstanding contrast through most of the frame, with sharp detail at the edges.
  — PCMAG, 28 Mar. 2024
• Now, the Magic have to travel to face a Suns defense that is outstanding both for the season and at home.
  — Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2023
• The rest of the troupe was on point all night long, led by the outstanding work of founding members Roger Steen on guitar and Prairie Prince on drums.
  — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• And the shopping is too—the vintage shopping is outstanding.
  — Anita Bhagwandas, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2023
• With a loan still outstanding, the simplest way to sell your car is through a dealership.
  — Ashley Donohoe, Car and Driver, 28 Aug. 2023
• Kennedy said Harris had an outstanding warrant for felony DUI at the time of the deadly crash.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 5 Apr. 2023
• His growth has been outstanding and the future appears bright right now at QB for Green Bay.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2024
• As of late March, Yellow had an outstanding debt of about $1.5 billion.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 29 July 2023
• The third period surge by UAF spoiled what had been an outstanding outing by Kent to that point.
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Jan. 2023
• Jerome Bettis says winning the 2006 Super Bowl was one of the most outstanding achievements of his life.
  — Jason Hahn, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2023
• Yes, the play came against backups but the throw was nonetheless outstanding.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2023
• Yet Aniston's gorgeous look was far from the only outstanding outfit in the room, though.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
• In addition to the three hits in his first game, Frelick made two outstanding catches in right field.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
• The filings say Vice has outstanding debt of $834 million, dwarfing the amount that Vice was recently in talks to sell for.
  — Lauren Hirsch and Benjamin Mullin, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2023
• There are still dozens of outstanding civil claims, including one from the state of Maryland, seeking damages from the owners of the Dali.
  — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
• The organization presented awards to six of its outstanding landowners, volunteers and partners who work with them.
  — Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024