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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McQuarrie’s feats lack the comic timing, composition, and emotionalism that cartoonist-director Brad Bird brought to the thrilling Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Ethan/Tom spider-walking the Burj Khalifa skyscraper and outrunning a dust storm, Paula Patton’s womanly catfight with Léa Seydoux).
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Armond White, National Review, 23 May 2025
But even the industry’s standard-bearer couldn’t outrun the cost trend.
—Seth Joseph, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
The familiarity becomes a feature rather than a bug on the windshield of the titular Plymouth muscle car that Holloway’s master getaway driver Jim Ellis uses to outrun all his problems.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2025
While Anna tries to outrun her demons, her focus turns to solving crimes that have taken place within national park grounds, no matter who or what gets in her way.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 12 May 2025
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Armond White, National Review, 23 May 2025
But even the industry’s standard-bearer couldn’t outrun the cost trend.
—Seth Joseph, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
The familiarity becomes a feature rather than a bug on the windshield of the titular Plymouth muscle car that Holloway’s master getaway driver Jim Ellis uses to outrun all his problems.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2025
While Anna tries to outrun her demons, her focus turns to solving crimes that have taken place within national park grounds, no matter who or what gets in her way.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 12 May 2025
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“Outrun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outrun. Accessed 10 Jun. 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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