Literary notes about unrivaled (AI summary)
In literature, "unrivaled" is often used to emphasize a quality or achievement that stands completely without equal. Authors invoke the term to celebrate the beauty of nature—such as the vivid, unmatched blue of a sky ([1]) or a landscape of breathtaking splendor ([2])—as well as to underline human excellence in various fields, from mastery of law ([3]) and rhetorical brilliance ([4]) to extraordinary artistic talent ([5]). This adjective bestows a sense of singular distinction, suggesting that the object, performance, or achievement being described exists in a realm of its own, untarnished by any competition.
- A few fleecy clouds were drifting overhead, revealing patches of the unrivaled blue of California's sky above them.
— from Held to Answer: A Novel by Peter Clark MacFarlane - Sitting at the door at eventide they contemplated a prospect of unrivaled beauty.
— from Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" by William Worthington Fowler - "For a profound knowledge of the common law of England," says the biographer, "he stands unrivaled.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various - He was a man of courage and decision, with unrivaled powers of oratory.
— from Robert ToombsStatesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Pleasant A. Stovall - He had absolute control over the resources of his vernacular tongue, and not only unrivaled skill in composition, but tact and judgment.
— from The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by John Lord
