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 Japanese Akagi and Kaga would be outdistanced in a day.
From Time Magazine Archive
The President was not to be outdistanced on another front.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The wolves were not easily to be outdistanced, though, and were soon after us again.
From Bert Wilson in the Rockies by Duffield, J. W.
