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

The weak are crushed out by the strong; the swift out-distance the slow.

From A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga by Atkinson, William Walker

A wheel was turning in his head, so quickly, so quickly in this great heat that, unless he were quicker than it, it would out-distance him altogether.

From Red Pottage by Cholmondeley, Mary

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.