How to Use outrun in a Sentence

outrun

verb
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  • The rabbit had no chance of outrunning the dogs.
  • His motorcycle could outrun any car on the road.
  • The man left the door open so the dog would have a chance to outrun the fire.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2021
  • Deion Sanders could outrun the football gods and dare them to keep pace.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2024
  • After parking on the side of the road, the suspect jumped out to grab the girl, who outran him.
    — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • But with a top speed of 15 mph and a one-charge range of about 15 miles, there is no chance for the prey to outrun the predator.
    — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 2 July 2018
  • The question is, how long can Trump himself outrun the truth?
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The vigor of youth could no longer outrun the ravages of age and cancer.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Jones outran Truex in a two-lap overtime dash to join the list of Cup winners.
    — Mike Hembree, USA TODAY, 12 July 2018
  • Krantz, who can outrun most people on the crew, says that men and women do the same job out on the line.
    — Alex Potter, National Geographic, 13 Aug. 2020
  • That makes this Hurst car the quickest set of wheels in the GM stable—outrunning even the new Corvette.
    — Larry Webster, Car and Driver, 12 Aug. 2023
  • On their first rep, Billingsley just outran Tabor to the outside of the bags.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2018
  • So while one of the Warriors’ goals was to push the pace and outrun the Lakers, the Lakers won the fast-break points battle, 22-10.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Talk us through the events of that day, and explain why Samaras couldn’t outrun this storm.
    — National Geographic, 21 Apr. 2018
  • That left Sanders with enough space to outrun Trevathan.
    — Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Mays seemed to outrun the baseball, though, making an over-the-shoulder catch about 420 feet from the plate.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 27 Nov. 2019
  • At four weeks or younger, elk calves aren’t yet fast enough to outrun grizzlies.
    — Douglas Main, National Geographic, 25 June 2019
  • The pace of change will only get faster, but even now, humans cannot outrun work.
    — Jared Spataro, Fortune, 11 May 2023
  • The ones who somehow outrun the medical tent become the best of all-time.
    — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Huskies were able to outrun Buckland and finish with a six-point win, Hill said.
    — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The school’s director told reporters on the scene that the children had been too young to outrun the embers.
    — Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2021
  • When betting horses, the idea is to look for horses that are going to outrun the odds.
    — Xl Media, cleveland, 7 May 2022
  • Many animals have outrun the flames only to die in fences and roads by the thousands.
    — Abby Jones, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2020
  • That's also true of Tom Brady, who can't outrun a Roomba.
    — Star Tribune, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Other species may not be able to outrun the rapid changes in their habitat and could simply die off.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Four friends, aged 9 to 11, were playing football there and couldn’t outrun the second shell.
    — Facundo Iglesi, Wired, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Companies had to adapt — and quickly — to outrun a virus that was chasing them around the world.
    — Washington Post, 30 July 2020
  • In those cases, the Jag was picked for its ability to outrun the coppers.
    — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Try and outrun Jason Voorhees in this video game based on the slasher classic.
    — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 27 May 2020
  • He's got the ability to escape, outrun people, get outside of the pocket and make plays.
    — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024

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