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

Being a fast runner for a boy of his size, he bade fair to out-distance his pursuer.

From The Young Bank Messenger by Alger, Horatio

They would never allow the enemy to out-distance us in so important a department.

From Simon Called Peter by Keable, Robert

Nekhludoff was a swift runner; he wished to out-distance the artist, and ran with all his might.

From The Awakening The Resurrection by Tolstoy, Leo, graf