outvie
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
They may talk of the viol, and its strings they may try all, For the heart's dance, outvie all, the songs of the dairy!
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles
No product of the present can outvie the charms of such old silver.
From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.
Her main endeavor in this is to outvie her neighbors in the extravagance of fashion.
From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Calhoun, Lucia Gilbert
In this way, all the world may be an aristocrat, and play the duke among marquises, and the reigning monarch among dukes, if he will only outvie them in tranquility.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew
At such times several individuals are usually seen together, and all seem striving to outvie each other in the beauty of their evolutions.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
