OUTSTRIP in a Sentence

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16 example sentences for OUTSTRIP, such as:

1. Bingley and Jane, however, soon allowed the others to outstrip them.
2. I ran the same way, outstripping a good many, and soon came facing the wild sea.
3. Jesse Owens easily will outstrip his white competitors to win the gold medal at the Olympic Games.
4. Marianne was astonished to find how much the imagination of her mother and herself had outstripped the truth.
5. Greater Tokyo, with legions of wealthy retirees among its 35m residents, could handily outstrip tiny Singapore as a gambling hub.

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 Meanings and Examples of OUTSTRIP
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
outstrip
 v.  exceed or surpass; leave behind
Classic Sentence:
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.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
2  Bingley and Jane, however, soon allowed the others to outstrip them.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 58
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 Dickens
Context  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 Melville
Context  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 Stevenson
Context  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.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 43
7  The apparition had outstripped me: it stood looking through the gate.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
8  This news filled me with fresh fears; I outstripped Kenneth, and ran most of the way back.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
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.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
10  Marianne was astonished to find how much the imagination of her mother and herself had outstripped the truth.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
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.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 9
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.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX
13  I ran the same way, outstripping a good many, and soon came facing the wild sea.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 55. TEMPEST
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.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XIII
Example Sentence:
1  Jesse Owens easily will outstrip his white competitors to win the gold medal at the Olympic Games.
2  Greater Tokyo, with legions of wealthy retirees among its 35m residents, could handily outstrip tiny Singapore as a gambling hub.