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

Again they passed a window-slit, and Bunny suddenly awoke to the fact that the flying figure in front was trying to out-distance him.

From Charles Rex by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

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

He resolutely continued, and they, unwilling to see so aged a man out-distance them, followed reluctantly, until all reached the summit and congratulated each other on the famous view.

From Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 by Various