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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ee-kwuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈi kwəl



Definition of equalled

Origin :
  • 1580s, "compare, liken," also "match, rival," from equal (adj.). Related: Equaled; equaling.
  • verb make even, be even with
Example sentences :
  • That force had been got together with an alacrity which has seldom been equalled.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • The devotion of Mr Sparkler was only to be equalled by the caprice and cruelty of his enslaver.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Yet no matter how he searched he could find none who equalled the princess.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • It was only equalled by the vexation of those who were opposed to him.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • This art is possessed by Plato in a degree which has never been equalled.
  • Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
  • The impudence of it, Choate knew, was only equalled by its coolness.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • But then, too, in all those years no day had ever equalled the bitter awakening of that morning.
  • Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
  • Such a passionate outburst of loyalty has never been equalled.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • They have rarely, indeed, been equalled (p. 293) in the history of painting.
  • Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8) » by Various
  • Who ever equalled us in all the wiles and schemes of mankind?
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever

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