outvie

Example Sentences

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From such elements as these I am alive to behold the day, wherein the corporation of authors can outvie all its brethren in the guild.

From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan

On the other hand, to the student of manners, novels have a value no historian can outvie, and on this account alone Miss Edgeworth's should not be left unread.

From Maria Edgeworth by Zimmern, Helen

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)

Around me a number of whip-poor-wills strove to outvie each other in uninterruptedly uttering their name, and frequently circled round my fire.

From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various

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