be outdistanced
Example Sentences
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When an oil rig has an engine and a propeller, however – when she is classed as a vessel; a mobile she, not a stationary it – regulations can be outdistanced.
From The Guardian • May 2, 2017
The President was not to be outdistanced on another front.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Japanese Akagi and Kaga would be outdistanced in a day.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had not recovered her poise when the time came for her to race Bobby, and that young person won easily only to be outdistanced by Betty.
From Betty Gordon at Boarding School The Treasure of Indian Chasm by Emerson, Alice B.
Lupin foresaw that Daubrecq, in order to escape the detectives watching the house, would jump into the first taxi; and he did not intend to be outdistanced.
From The Crystal Stopper by Leblanc, Maurice
