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

Did De Boer think he could out-distance this patrol-ship, the swiftest type of flyer in the Service?

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 by Various

Fortunately we were soon able to out-distance her; and having fixed our latitude by Kensington Palace, which we could just see in the distance, we set out for the gate.

From The Mysterious Shin Shira by Easton, W.G.

The weak are crushed out by the strong; the swift out-distance the slow.

From A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga by Atkinson, William Walker