How to Use transcendent in a Sentence

transcendent

adjective
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  • 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
  • Offsetting the grimness of it all are bouts of transcendent beauty.
    — Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2024
  • What is transcendent about the film is that at its core, About Mannequin is a story about a mother and the power of women to believe in things greater than themselves.
    — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024

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