| For fastening the hay-fork rope to the whiffletrees or tying a rope around a calf's neck this knot cannot be excelled. |
| The make-up people excelled themselves with lots of dirty fingernails and a welter of warts, wens and rotten corpses. |
| He excelled at every subject and could easily have become an astrophysicist. |
| In his 12 games with the club he scored more than 400 runs, took 15 wickets and excelled in the field. |
| Our snipers and reconnaissance Marines excelled at this task, as one would expect of trained observers. |
| The question master on the night was Charlie Hughes and he excelled as usual with his witty repertoire. |
