OUTLYING in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of OUTLYING
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outlying
 a.  relatively distant or remote from a center or middle
Classic Sentence:
1  There, too, were droves of sheep and bullocks coming in from the outlying pasture lands, and trains of tired immigrants, men and horses equally weary of their interminable journey.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
2  Looking back, they could see the solitary watcher leaning upon his gun, and knew that they had passed the outlying post of the chosen people, and that freedom lay before them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
3  A steep curve of heath-clad land, an outlying spur of the moor, lay in front of us.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6. Baskerville Hall
4  We think, therefore, that he has gone, and the outlying farmers sleep the better in consequence.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
5  As I walked back I was overtaken by Dr. Mortimer driving in his dog-cart over a rough moorland track which led from the outlying farmhouse of Foulmire.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
6  But these ignominies and dangers were as nothing compared with the peril of white women, many bereft by the war of male protection, who lived alone in the outlying districts and on lonely roads.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
7  "The thieves are outlying for scalps and plunder," said the white man, whom we shall call Hawkeye, after the manner of his companions.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
8  A case of twins that occurred recently in one of the outlying cottages on your own estate.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In SECOND ACT
9  In the outlying serfs' quarters torches and candles were burning and no one slept.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER VIII
10  I han't seen a way to get you safe, and I've looked arter you to know your ins and outs.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIII
Example Sentence:
1  And why should the rest of us subsidize folks who live in outlying areas to commute?
2  Enthusiasts behind Elon Musk's "hyperloop" proposal -- an intercity tube that speeds passengers riding in capsules at 600 miles per hour -- have taken the next step, producing a report outlying some of the big issues around the project.