Surpassing in example sentence

Anxiety and hope now oppressed her in equal degrees, and left her no moment of tranquillity till the arrival of Mr. Harris at four o'clock;--when his assurances, his felicitations on a recovery in her sister even surpassing his expectation, gave her confidence, comfort, and tears of joy.

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Today, my motherland became the world's biggest jailer for journalists, surpassing even China's sad record.

In my opinion, it is the best British sitcom of the mid to late-1970s, surpassing the likes of RISING DAMP, ROBIN'S NEST, ARE YOU BEING SERVED? and so on.

Even Surpassing the inaneness of it's predecessor (if you can believe that!).

Danny Devito gives the finest performance ever by a superhero villain in any film, surpassing even Nicholson's joker.

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