outshone
Example Sentences
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LOCK: Sam Whitelock, New Zealand Outshone his more esteemed second-row teammate Brodie Retallick, and was a key player in the final with his takes at the restart and fine work in the loose.
From Washington Times • Nov. 1, 2015
Not to be confused with the British poet and civil servant who wrote High on a throne of royal state which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind .
From Time Magazine Archive
The rising sun Woke him: but in his heart another sun, New-risen serene with healing on its wings, Outshone that sun in brightness.
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey
Outshone by the shimmer of the orphreys and the stones, the costumes of the other judges appeared darker and discordant.
From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene
She, the flower of girls, Outshone the light of Erythraean pearls; The teeth of India that with polish glow, The untouched lilies or the morning snow.
From New Poems by Stevenson, Robert Louis
