How to Use transcendent in a Sentence

transcendent

adjective
  • That, along with transcendent stars who could use their turn in the spotlight.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
  • No other player was so transcendent and yet so earthy, at the same time.
    — Jon Marthaler, Star Tribune, 27 Nov. 2020
  • In many ways, the film is about music and its transcendent nature.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Of course, having a transcendent star like Watkins helps calm any nerves.
    — Ben Pickman, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
  • For some reason, there just isn’t a transcendent talent in the bunch.
    — oregonlive.com, 8 July 2019
  • Yet some of his best coaching has come without transcendent stars.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2026
  • In real life, her extra-long lengths are transcendent.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2026
  • In real life, her extra-long lengths are transcendent.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 May 2026
  • When Tiger was younger, his transcendent ability on a golf course changed the sport.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], nola.com, 15 Apr. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Steph Curry is now among the game’s most transcendent players.
    — Jason Parham, Wired, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Over the years, the athletes would put on some transcendent performances, too.
    — David Scharfenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • The movie raises the idea of silence to a nearly transcendent pitch of passion.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
  • This album is all that and more, a stunning document of a transcendent night.
    — Ed Masley, azcentral, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Working against this season is the fact there simply were not enough transcendent players in the cast.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2023
  • 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 that there simply were not enough transcendent players in the cast.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Working against this season is the fact that there simply were not enough transcendent players in the cast.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 May 2025
  • 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 transcendent power of art is a conduit to justice, and vice versa.
    — Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The Rose of the North body scrub and massage in the top-floor turret is transcendent.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2026
  • The feelings of this one woman—in this transcendent moment—and not anyone else’s thought or glance.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 June 2025
  • And a joyous Tatis has most often been a transcendent Tatis.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Taking stock of what is important and what is not is a great way to kick off the transcendent energy.
    — Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 19 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Here is mention of the moral aspect of freedom; of transcendent values; of the nature of man.
    — Nr Staff, National Review, 30 Oct. 2017
  • 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

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