be outdistanced
Example Sentences
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When an oil rig has an engine and a propeller, however – when she is classed as a vessel; a mobile she, not a stationary it – regulations can be outdistanced.
From The Guardian ● May 2, 2017
The President was not to be outdistanced on another front.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Japanese Akagi and Kaga would be outdistanced in a day.
From Time Magazine Archive
At length interest became so keen that it was decided to stage a real old-fashioned pie-eating contest, to determine whether the champions of the camp were to be outdistanced by a visitor from the city.
From The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery by Chapman, Allen
The varnish and fire-proofing compound glistened brightly in the sunshine, attracting the attention of numerous seabirds, mostly gulls and ospreys, which followed them at times for short distances, only to be outdistanced.
From Around the World in Ten Days by Fraser, Chelsea Curtis
