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 Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange
Then Mrs Hamps returned the bow with superb extravagance, like an Oriental monarch who is determined to outvie magnificently the gifts of another.
From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
No product of the present can outvie the charms of such old silver.
From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Mary H. Northend
The garden was a little paradise, in which nature and art seemed to outvie each other in offering attractions to eye, ear, and taste.
From The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville by A. L. O. E.
"Living, great Nature feared he might outvie Her works, and, dying, fears herself to die."
From Famous European Artists by Sarah K. Bolton
