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

Then she would touch her horse with her spurs of gold when far away in the forest, and laughingly calling to Jazr to follow, soon out-distance all her pursuers.

From Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat by Stables, Gordon

Black Eagle wished to do more than merely out-distance his enemy.

From Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle by Ford, Sewell