echelon in a sentence

Examples

1. No, he is not in the Jerry Rice echelon.
2. There are certain times when a high-echelon player becomes available,
3. Brown may be in the upper echelon of the Hard Knocks Club.
4. The allegations have reached the upper echelons of the Kremlin.
5. But higher-echelon orchestra musicians are dead serious about their demands.
6. Brendan Shanahan may no longer be a top-echelon power forward.
7. China responded Wednesday by escalating criticism to a higher echelon of power.
8. Without him, they quickly plummeted to the lower echelon.
9. "He's definitely getting in that echelon.
10. Definition : Not up to snuff; the lower echelon.