How to Use beat out in a Sentence

beat out

verb

• Shah, a former state lawmaker, beat out a crowded field of Democrats for the nomination.
  — Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
• The cryptocurrency is now the eighth (most valuable) wonder of the financial world — beating out silver.
  — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
• Lutnick also beat out Linda McMahon for the role leading Commerce.
  — Aris Folley, The Hill, 19 Nov. 2024
• Trump picked up the lion's share of the male electorate, beating out Harris 54 to 44 percent, and the results for women proved to be the direct inverse of this split.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
• Velour beat out over a dozen other kids to get the role.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2024
• But Art the Clown beat out Arthur the clown, proving the people prefer screaming to singing.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
• He was elected county recorder in 2020, beating out Fontes for the seat.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024
• Bleecker Street beat out buyers like Fox Searchlight and the Orchard to land the movie.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Oct. 2024
• The 15-plus-pound fish beat out the previous state record by a little under a pound.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 15 June 2023
• The girls outdoor team beat out Largo for the Class 2A state title by four points, thanks in part to the balance throughout the Bulls’ lineup.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2024
• Lee beat out a primary challenger last month that took her on over the issue.
  — Bruce Siwy, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
• Pacino also wasn't the only actor Ford had to beat out to win the part of Han Solo.
  — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
• James barely beat out Marlinga in this race two years ago.
  — Margie Cullen, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2024
• This was the year a proud single mother beat out a reigning champion.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• Gimenez appeared to beat out a infield single, but a Chicago challenged turned it into the third and final out of the night.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 16 May 2022
• For the year, however, it got beat out by Beverly Hills Cop and Ghostbusters.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 July 2023
• Although more than six in ten said each of these taxes was too high, the local property tax beat out the others.
  — Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• The goal likely would be a top-four seed, and that would mean having to beat out two of Cleveland, Brooklyn and Philadelphia.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2022
• The Flames then responded quickly with Walker Duehr beating out Ingram for the tied score.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2023
• The offense also beat out the defense in one-on-one drills between the wide receivers and cornerbacks, prompting the latter to do some pushups.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
• Ramírez beat out an infield single behind second base with one out.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 July 2023
• That’s well past last year’s top game, Hogwarts Legacy, which sold 12 million copies in two weeks and ended the year beating out even Call of Duty.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
• Yeti cooler The main name in upscale coolers, Yeti beat out some new-style models on the market in our reviewer’s tests.
  — Leslie Yazel, wsj.com, 7 Nov. 2023
• The sale also coincides with a two-year high for Amazon’s share price, beating out its value around the time Bezos last sold shares.
  — Phoebe Liu, Forbes, 9 Feb. 2024
• Your dedication may beat out the talent of someone else.
  — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2024
• The 1991 film was beat out by The Silence of the Lambs for the award, but won accolades for best original score and original song for the tale as old as time's titular track.
  — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2023
• Lopez beat out redshirt freshman Bishop Davenport, a Utah State transfer, for the third-team spot.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 28 Aug. 2023
• The combination of vanilla ice cream, cookies and mini chocolate chips helped this treat to beat out last year’s winning Hold the Cone!
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
• Over the weekend, the ladies beat out Germany 87-68 in the group phase; at press time, the American ballers are winning against Nigeria in their quarterfinals game.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2024
• After getting drafted out of Stanford in the fifth round in 2019, Bailey beat out incumbent Ryan Allen for the starting job.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024