outvie

Example Sentences

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"Living, great Nature feared he might outvie Her works, and, dying, fears herself to die."

From Famous European Artists by Bolton, Sarah K.

The average wool-sorter will outvie an artist in his perception of colour shades.

From Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance by Sepharial

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

The garden was a little paradise, in which nature and art seemed to outvie each other in offering attractions to eye, ear, and taste.

From The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville by A. L. O. E.

Then Mrs Hamps returned the bow with superb extravagance, like an Oriental monarch who is determined to outvie magnificently the gifts of another.

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold