Verb (used without object) : to excel in math.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : He excels all other poets of his day.    From Dictionary.com. 

I am a very cold person, that's why I excelled is specific jobs in the military.    From Wordnik.com.  [6-Year-Old Girl with Brain Cancer Hid Love Notes for Her Parents to Find After Her Death] Reference

11 and 13 assists for the Pacers, who excelled from the lines.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Basketball Association - Knicks vs. Pacers] Reference

The MoD said he "excelled" in the heat and hills surrounding Kajaki.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

He was also a talented rugby player, with the MoD saying he "excelled" in his role with the British army.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Latest From www.inthenews.co.uk] Reference

He excelled at singing, both gospel and classical.    From Wordnik.com.  [Washington National Opera singer's slaying leaves family with questions] Reference

Kayla was a bright student who excelled at reading.    From Wordnik.com.  [Did Kayla Have To Die?] Reference

The result: if you excelled, you were acting white.    From Wordnik.com.  [Desegregation’s unintended consequence] Reference

At school, Frenice excelled at hurdles on the track team.    From Wordnik.com.  [Md. couple bonds with teen as interest grows in adopting older foster children] Reference

Unlike Purcell, Mack has always excelled at public relations.    From Wordnik.com.  [SLOW-MOTION MAKEOVER] Reference

"He really excelled at all of the assignments," Komansky says.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Race To The Top] Reference

Eloise, who excelled at squeezing grown-ups, would be pleased.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 'Talk-Show Avoidance' Strategy] Reference

As recalled on the family Web site, the brothers quickly excelled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wyly brothers built an empire side-by-side] Reference

In the final session, a different team member excelled in each event.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leap Of Faith] Reference

He excelled and continued to excel, against the mounting "natural" odds.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Loneliest Hero] Reference

They called the charismatic psychopaths who excelled at its practice "demagogues.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Marcella Mroczkowski: Danger! Empathy and Psychopathy as Competing Value Systems in Politics and Economics] Reference

Even when they excelled, I attributed it to their fight to overcome their prematurity.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Preemie Prism: As her twins enter high school, a mom reflects on their perilous journey] Reference

You excelled at raising money and gaining endorsements, but got weaker as big problems emerged.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dear Senator Obama ...] Reference

He excelled and continued to excel, against injury and age, against the mounting "natural" odds.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dimaggio Nobody Knew] Reference

But Rommel was a far superior tactician: his Afrika Korps excelled at swift, unexpected thrusts.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Course At The 'College Of Rommel'] Reference

So I fell back on the job I had excelled at, part time, for the past four years of college: baby-sitting.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Nanny’s Diary] Reference

Although Obama excelled at communicating during the campaign, things operate differently in the West Wing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Language Appropriation] Reference

But the blueberry-fed rats, who took in the greatest number of anthocyanins, excelled at motor skills, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Prescriptive Palette] Reference

I've had all those courses and many more, and I've excelled in every one, scoring at or near the top of my class.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kevin Pezzi, Big Government's Bizarre Racial-Relations Expert, Is Quite The Sexpert] Reference

I created a list of activities that I excelled at and enjoyed, and a list of things someone else could do better.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Growing Companies Stumble] Reference

In our tests, it excelled for handling, acceleration, and fuel economy, and in the unofficial “fun” category.    From Wordnik.com.  [Honda S2000 to retire] Reference

At Brown University, Mr. Leach excelled at wrestling in the 134-pound weight class, showing "good quickness," says his coach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citigroup's Risk Chief Learned the Hard Way] Reference

The U. S.-sponsored fighters have excelled at pursuing terrorists in Arab Jabour, a notoriously violent area south of Baghdad.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sunni Civil War] Reference

"" Sonia is quickly learning the scheming and manipulation that Indira excelled in, '' says a former aide of her mother-in-law's.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Reluctant Victor] Reference

While Ch teau Margaux's wines languished in the mid-20th century, Palmer's excelled, with its 1961 remaining a legend of Bordeaux.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Reigning Ch] Reference

Democrats, they say, must do what Republicans have excelled at: appealing to people's prejudices and hearts instead of their brains.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama: Go On Offense] Reference

The finger-pointing is so widespread as to include, at one time or another, virtually every athlete who has excelled in these sports.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starr Gazing: Giving Armstrong His Due] Reference