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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• In those cases, the Jag was picked for its ability to outrun the coppers.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 26 Feb. 2023
• RuPaul has been trying to outrun that kind of thinking for a long time.
  — Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
• De Landa jumped into his car and tried to outrun the flooding but got stuck on a street near his house.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
• Kings head coach Mike Brown said before the game that his team had to be physical, and had to outrun the Warriors.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2023
• The station said the suspects tried to outrun the train at a nearby crossing with their getaway car.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2021
• But even Rodgers couldn’t outrun the curse of the Jets, the team with the longest current playoff drought in American pro sports (12 years).
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
• And having outrun me, the kite suddenly seemed to be in no hurry.
  — Frank Shyong Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2021
• If that’s the case, then the U.S. economy is outrunning its would-be assailant this year.
  — Nick Timiraos, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2023
• Trees can't outrun climate change: Should humans give them a lift?
  — Nick Perry, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2022
• The sooner a newborn can outrun a predator, the better their odds of survival.
  — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2021
• England can match the US for athleticism and foot speed, so trying to outrun the English will not work well.
  — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2022
• Linebacker Drue Tranquill also closed in, but Williams was able to outrun him down the sideline.
  — Jeff Miller Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2021
• Has speed to outrun opponents, but also strength to run over.
  — oregonlive, 5 Mar. 2021
• And how can Lola outrun the reach of this woman’s burgeoning cult?
  — Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Apr. 2022
• Urshela got hurt trying to outrun a throw to first base and Rendon stayed in the game after getting hit in the first inning.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024