How to Use outflank in a Sentence

outflank

verb

• The army outflanked the enemy.
• Corden, late to the scene and behind them in the ratings, is outflanking both on the web.
  — A. O. Scott, Esquire, 7 Feb. 2017
• By design, the Chiefs didn’t block the Browns end because a cheetah should outflank an end.
  — Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2021
• Still, with the respect of the industry on his side, Scott could outflank a field of contenders.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023
• Torres manages to outflank Diaz and kills him with a single shot to the head.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2022
• Outflanked by Le Pen at Whirlpool, Macron faced his toughest campaign test yet.
  — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2017
• The 49-year-old scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has been the main face of the party for more than five years and been outflanked by Mr. Modi two elections in a row.
  — Eric Bellman, WSJ, 3 July 2019
• The war record of those few that did reach the front line is unclear, but the tanks were slow enough that they would likely have been outflanked and destroyed by swifter German armor.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Apr. 2018
• Mr Erdogan may have outflanked Mr Trump, but the agreement does not give him a free hand in northern Syria.
  — The Economist, 18 Oct. 2019
• At one point, Joseph Madang, by now one of Bob and Robin’s dearest friends, was outflanked, shot by one of those primitive guns, chopped with steel axes, killed.
  — Sean Flynn, Smithsonian, 23 Feb. 2018
• Abbott faces primary challenges from the right, and the embrace of Trump and the wall is widely seen as an effort to outflank rivals.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 25 June 2021
• The best way to outflank the deal’s supporters inside government is simply to pull out of it, some argue.
  — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2017
• At the very least, the U.S. has shown a new willingness to try and outflank Putin’s attempts at disinformation.
  — Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
• These schemes seemed inspired by the government’s lingering fear of being outflanked on the left.
  — The Economist, 8 June 2019
• Alpha 24 killed two more tanks before being outflanked and forced to retreat.
  — Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 1 Jan. 1993
• Vona believes Jobbik has now been outflanked on the extreme right by Orban's Fidesz party.
  — Pablo Gorondi, Fox News, 7 Apr. 2018
• Vona believes Jobbik has now been outflanked on the extreme right by Orban’s Fidesz party.
  — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2018
• The third quarter of the year, which spans from July to the end of September, is typically the slowest of the year, but Biden was outflanked by at least two opponents.
  — NBC News, 3 Oct. 2019
• With that sort of framing, Biden could outflank Republicans and come out on top in the upcoming debate.
  — David M. Drucker, Washington Examiner, 15 Mar. 2021
• Tarik Cohen took the toss left from Mike Glennon, went about five steps before realizing the Falcons had the play outflanked, and reversed field.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 10 Sep. 2017
• British troops in a deep-biting power drive outflanked Caen, eastern bastion of the 80-mile battlefront, seizing Troarn, nine miles east of Caen.
  — Wes Gallagher, Houston Chronicle, 9 June 2019
• Trying to outflank Paxton on the right, George P. promised to kick unauthorized immigrant children out of Texas schools.
  — Dallas News, 28 May 2022
• The All Blacks showed a new ability to outflank rush defense in their pool win over South Africa but haven’t been able to build on that in group matches against weaker opponents.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2019
• By contrast, many powerful interests have been trying for a long time to destroy Al-Qaeda, and the group has outflanked them all.
  — Ali Soufan, Newsweek, 19 June 2017
• At the moment, there is no indication that Rydzyk will align himself with any of the small right-wing parties trying to outflank Law and Justice.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2019
• His rightward drift on the issue has been strategic, outflanking the far-right National Front as well as the more traditional right.
  — Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2018
• The rise of groups such as the 1776 Project PAC have the potential to outflank local teachers unions, whose endorsements and local funding have been the longtime keys to success in school board races across the country.
  — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2022
• That mistake is front and center as Beijing is now applying to join the 11-country trading partnership and outflank the U.S. in the Pacific.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2021
• Now, though, two other far-right parties have emerged and are trying to outflank the government on immigration.
  — Martin Selsoe Sorensen, New York Times, 4 June 2019
• After uncovering the site, the military blew a hole through a section of the tunnel – exposing it on two sides in order to outflank Hamas fighters who were inside.
  — Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Oct 2024