How to Use outrun in a Sentence

outrun

verb

• 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
• The guards chased Weisz and his friend, but the two men outran them.
  — Cathy Locke, sacbee, 13 Oct. 2017
• The Nez Perce bands outran the soldiers for three-and-a-half months.
  — Daniel Sharfstein, Smithsonian, 23 May 2017
• Zimmer outran Hill to the bag as Cody Bellinger flipped him the ball.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland.com, 15 June 2017
• 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
• Many of them will be with Zach Veach, trying to outrun Sato week in and week out.
  — Jim Ayello, USA TODAY Sports, 17 Oct. 2017
• 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
• Shaw is fast enough to outrun defenders in the open field.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2017
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• Kraven the Hunter can climb sheer walls like a gorilla, snatch fish out of streams like a bear and outrun deer.
  — Mark Kennedy, Boston Herald, 13 Dec. 2024
• The pace of change will only get faster, but even now, humans cannot outrun work.
  — Jared Spataro, Fortune, 11 May 2023
• Brown stripped the ball from him near midcourt, outran him to the rim and made a twisting layup while being fouled.
  — Kellis Robinett, kansascity, 11 Jan. 2018
• 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
• The black spatula panic was soon outrun by the drone panic, which has Americans scanning the skies for menacing aircraft.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Jan 2025