Examples of outrun in a Sentence
The rabbit had no chance of outrunning the dogs.
His motorcycle could outrun any car on the road.
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In one of the movie’s most exciting scenes, Joel uses a gold 1979 928, and its potent V-8, to outrun a competitor in a Cadillac Coupe Deville.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 July 2025
But in 2020, trying to outrun the COVID-19 pandemic, the Milwaukee music festival was moved to fall, with a three-day, three-weekend format.
—Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
Start small, make mistakes, learn fast and let motion outrun your doubts.
—Chad Willardson, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
But there is one other thing that has helped the Thunder outrun the rest of the league: Oklahoma City, despite being in the third-smallest media market in the league, acts in many ways like a big-market team.
—Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 July 2025
But in 2020, trying to outrun the COVID-19 pandemic, the Milwaukee music festival was moved to fall, with a three-day, three-weekend format.
—Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
Start small, make mistakes, learn fast and let motion outrun your doubts.
—Chad Willardson, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
But there is one other thing that has helped the Thunder outrun the rest of the league: Oklahoma City, despite being in the third-smallest media market in the league, acts in many ways like a big-market team.
—Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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“Outrun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outrun. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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outrun
verb
out·run
(ˈ)au̇t-ˈrən 
outran
-ˈran
; outrun; outrunning
; outrun; outrunning
1
: to run or go faster than
2
: exceed sense 1
our needs outran our funds
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