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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My actor outran my human being.
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
Of course, misogyny is still there—no one can outrun it—but there is safety and comfort in knowing that looking a certain way brings us benefits.
—Dalina Soto, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2025
The price for this ability to outrun inflation by a sizable margin and compound wealth has been periods of painful and unforeseeable declines.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Mike White’s insistence that none of us can really outgrow or outrun ourselves is emerging as season three’s relentlessly bleak motif.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
Of course, misogyny is still there—no one can outrun it—but there is safety and comfort in knowing that looking a certain way brings us benefits.
—Dalina Soto, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2025
The price for this ability to outrun inflation by a sizable margin and compound wealth has been periods of painful and unforeseeable declines.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Mike White’s insistence that none of us can really outgrow or outrun ourselves is emerging as season three’s relentlessly bleak motif.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for outrun
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“Outrun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outrun. Accessed 21 Apr. 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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