1 Jo drew a long breath and unclasped her hands as she watched the poor fellow trying to outstrip the trouble which he carried in his heart.
2 Bingley and Jane, however, soon allowed the others to outstrip them.
3 'So my son took, of his own will, and on no compulsion, to the course in which he can always, when it is his pleasure, outstrip every competitor,' she pursued.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 20. STEERFORTH'S HOME 4 But it bade fair to outstrip them; it flew on and on, as a mass of interblending bubbles borne down a rapid stream from the hills.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering. 5 Others will follow, others will outstrip me on the same lines; and I hazard the guess that man will be ultimately known for a mere polity of multifarious, incongruous, and independent denizens.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis StevensonContext Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE 6 They soon outstripped the others, and when they had reached the carriage, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner were half a quarter of a mile behind.
7 The apparition had outstripped me: it stood looking through the gate.
8 This news filled me with fresh fears; I outstripped Kenneth, and ran most of the way back.
9 I shouted to her, as she had outstripped me a long way; she either did not hear or did not regard, for she still sprang on, and I was compelled to follow.
10 Marianne was astonished to find how much the imagination of her mother and herself had outstripped the truth.
11 As often happens, the pupil had outstripped the teacher, and Mrs. Hatch was already aware of heights of elegance as well as depths of luxury beyond the world of the Emporium.
12 "Let anyone come my way now," thought Rostov driving his spurs into Rook and letting him go at a full gallop so that he outstripped the others.
13 I ran the same way, outstripping a good many, and soon came facing the wild sea.
14 Rostov and Ilyin gave rein to their horses for a last race along the incline before reaching Bogucharovo, and Rostov, outstripping Ilyin, was the first to gallop into the village street.