How to Use transcendent in a Sentence
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When forced to confront difficult decisions about their son’s future, Max and Ezra embark on a cross-country road trip that has a transcendent impact on both their lives.
— Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2024 -
Yes, the old school created a transcendent Black art form and sent it to the top of the world.
— Chris Richards, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023 -
The transcendent pain au lait never comes off the menu.
— Bon Appetit, 26 Oct. 2017 -
That, along with transcendent stars who could use their turn in the spotlight.
— Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023 -
In Davis, the Lakers made a deal for a transcendent player.
— Arash Markazi, latimes.com, 17 June 2019 -
Perhaps the biggest is that the most transcendent star, Rose, flamed out.
— K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2018 -
Jones’ transcendent voice has garnered the artist both a throng of fans and nine Grammy awards.
— Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2019 -
For some reason, there just isn’t a transcendent talent in the bunch.
— oregonlive.com, 8 July 2019 -
When a player so young and so transcendent comes along, there...
— Ben Cohen, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2019 -
The 22-year-old Shiffrin is pegged by many as someone who could be a transcendent figure over the next two weeks.
— Howard Fendrich, The Seattle Times, 10 Feb. 2018 -
No other player was so transcendent and yet so earthy, at the same time.
— Jon Marthaler, Star Tribune, 27 Nov. 2020 -
When Tiger was younger, his transcendent ability on a golf course changed the sport.
— Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, nola.com, 15 Apr. 2019 -
The movie raises the idea of silence to a nearly transcendent pitch of passion.
— Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023 -
But that transcendent world and this low one, the one in which this ghost continues to dwell, do not overlap.
— Justin E. H. Smith, Harper's Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023 -
The Loons invited about 80 staff members to bear witness to what could be a transcendent night for the club.
— Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 26 Aug. 2019 -
From Kingston to the world, witness the transcendent stylings and legacy of Sister Nancy.
— Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024 -
Here is mention of the moral aspect of freedom; of transcendent values; of the nature of man.
— Nr Staff, National Review, 30 Oct. 2017 -
The world’s best player was transcendent, 51 points to go with eight rebounds and eight assists.
— Al Saracevic, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 May 2018 -
This movie, to me, is about the power of love in and of itself to be the transcendent quality in all families.
— Max Gao, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023 -
Over the years, the athletes would put on some transcendent performances, too.
— David Scharfenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2018 -
Is Aleksander Barkov the transcendent talent that lifts his line’s skill level, and drags his wingers with him?
— Matthew Defranks, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 July 2018 -
Teams that win in the NBA playoffs need to have a strategic advantage or a transcendent star.
— Ben Cohen, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2017 -
Working against this season is the fact that there simply were not enough transcendent players in the cast.
— Dalton Ross, EW.com, 7 May 2020 -
The real emotion of the piece lies in her piano playing, which is transcendent.
— Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 22 May 2018 -
Working against this season is the fact there simply were not enough transcendent players in the cast.
— Dalton Ross, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2023 -
Steph Curry is now among the game’s most transcendent players.
— Jason Parham, Wired, 13 Jan. 2020 -
This is going to be one of those transcendent family films that will delight the kids while giving adults all the feels!
— Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 5 Feb. 2024 -
The Raiders coach has been beaten up plenty for the trade, and much of it is deserved for dealing away a transcendent player such as Mack.
— Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 7 Oct. 2019 -
But Kendrick Lamar is the decade’s transcendent musical Artist.
— Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2018 -
Williams has been seen by many as a transcendent talent for years now, and his arrival into the league has been highly anticipated.
— Ben Morse, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
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