WordNet
v. be good at; "She shines at math" [syn: shine at]
Usage examples of "excel at".
In that one gesture was embodied the very essence of his eternally open and optimistic personality, the absolute belief that anything he tried he would excel at.
That would certainly make for another fascinating conversation-and Cardassians did excel at conversation&.
If you don't care about a task, it is unlikely that you will excel at it.
At school in Europe, her natural brilliance al lowed her to excel at her studies even when she seldom at tended class.
But he reluctantly recognized that a passion to collar a perp wasn't enough to excel at that area of law-enforcementlook at Alan Coe, for instanceand so he was content to remain where his talents lay.
But he reluctantly recognized that a passion to collar a perp wasn't enough to excel at that area of law enforcement—.
If we had silver and gold, I have no doubt our smiths would excel at working it, too.
She trusted her training, which had equipped her to excel at any duty post on their ship, including that of leader.
Warwick took care to keep him entertained, with a military display on 19 June calculated to inspire in him a desire to excel at warfare, and a water tournament on the Thames, in which he saw 'the boar hunted in the river, and also wild-fire cast out of the boats, and many pretty conceits'.
Striving to excel at anything, in fact, was a sign of corruption in the soul, whether one wanted to be recognized as a superior carpenter or car mechanic, or a grower of prize roses.