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

Every device is utilized by each to out-distance the other in the scramble.

From Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster by Prince, Samuel Henry

At last the Stirmingham, Daily News hit upon a good idea to out-distance its great rival the Stirmingham Daily Post.

From World's End A Story in Three Books by Jefferies, Richard