Examples of “exceed” in a Sentence

verb To be greater than, or go beyond, a certain amount or limit.

• Please do not exceed the maximum weight shown on the lift door.
• If the queue exceeds fifty people, we will open another till.
• Your password cannot exceed eight characters.
• His expenses exceeded the budget by a wide margin.

verb To surpass or do better than something else.

• Her latest performance exceeded everything she had achieved in previous seasons.
• The final results exceeded our expectations, and the whole team was delighted.
• The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.
• The new model exceeds all previous versions in speed.