out-distance

Example Sentences

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He did, however, concede that the Japanese player was likely to out-distance him at the tee-off.

From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2017

Even if I started running, I couldn’t out-distance all of them.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

Though the timber-wolf is a fast traveller, it cannot out-distance the greyhound or wolf hound; but though it is seldom seen in water it is a good swimmer.

From The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure by Heming, Arthur Henry Howard

"I've got to out-distance him," murmured Tom, looking back over his shoulder, and he let out a little more of the speed he had been reserving.

From Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck by Chapman, Allen

L. And each new cloud a thing of life appears, And each leaps forth as though its wild intent Were solely to out-distance its compeers, And rise more high than they.

From The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic by Skeats, Wilfred S.