outvie
Example Sentences
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But when one is given it seems to be the general’s purpose to outvie all that rumor hath spoken of the Mischianza.
From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Lucy Foster Madison
Living, great nature fear’d he might outvie Her works; and dying, fears herself may die.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Samuel Johnson
Not only did he love his work with all the passion of a creator, he was also concerned to outvie his professional rivals.
From Platform Monologues by T. G. (Thomas George) Tucker
The lapse of a few months transformed her from almost a homeless, friendless, impoverished widow, to be the bride of one whose advancing greatness seemed to outvie the wildest creations of fiction.
From Hortense Makers of History Series by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
They may talk of the viol, and its strings they may try all, For the heart's dance, outvie all, the songs of the dairy!
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers
