How to Use outshine in a Sentence

outshine

verb

• She outshines all the other actors in the film.
• The women in the book outshine the men, and the men seem unable to survive them.
  — New York Times, 15 May 2022
• The planet outshines all of the stars, making it a cinch to locate.
  — Arnold Pearlstein, sun-sentinel.com, 21 July 2019
• There isn’t a trophy known to the human race that can outshine that.
  — Vulture, 27 June 2023
• More cynically, who would want to give a deputy the chance to outshine the boss?
  — The Economist, 13 Apr. 2020
• At Galvin, David strives to please the faculty, to outshine the white students, and to prove his worth.
  — The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
• Flannery — who again outshined Spicer during the dance-off — got the boot this time.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 4 Nov. 2019
• Days 2 and 3 of the draft were outshined even more by the All-Star Game festivities.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2023
• The Midwest rap scenes continue to outshine the rest of the country.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2022
• It was built to outshine the Roxy Theater, which was across Sixth Avenue.
  — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2020
• Roasted Carrots and Red Onion This side dish just might outshine the main dish.
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 31 May 2023
• In doing so, he’s seen as adding enough to a song to make his presence felt, but not so much as to outshine the main artist.
  — Li Zhou, Vox, 15 June 2024
• But somehow Perry and Bloom managed to outshine the sun in this pic.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 24 June 2019
• Seager’s home run even outshined one from Shohei Ohtani, who went deep in the first inning.
  — Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 12 June 2024
• When Kate's own sister got married last spring, the duchess stayed on the sidelines as to not outshine the bride, and the same applies here.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 29 Mar. 2018
• The snack to outshine all other snacks when 3 p.m. strikes, your to-do list is long, and your energy is short.
  — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 25 July 2023
• Yet none of them may be able to outshine Sánchez’s impressive rock.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 Nov. 2023
• A few ringers om Burgundy and Sonoma filled out the roster, but none of them outshone the locals.
  — Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 23 June 2017
• The contrasting white and blue blooms won't be outshined in this setting.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 16 June 2023
• Now, only one question remains: Did the kids outshine the pros?
  — James Mueller, Chron, 10 May 2023
• And Zendaya’s most recent look managed to outshine even the Olympic torch.
  — Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 26 July 2024
• There’s a number of reasons why the Apple Watch is outshining the iPhone these days.
  — Nick Statt, The Verge, 15 Sep. 2018
• Fleck also grabbed a bonus point and a clean sheet, although he was outshone by a few of his Blades teammates.
  — SI.com, 4 Nov. 2019
• Jupiter takes the cake, though, as it's expected to outshine Saturn by 15 times.
  — Derek Van Dam, CNN, 4 July 2020
• La Salle arguably outshines Clooney as well with his more abrasive brand of charm.
  — John Russell, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
• Although, scenery-wise, some sites simply outshine the rest.
  — Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2023
• June could notch a 200 score in bowling and could probably outshine him in baseball, back in the day.
  — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2020
• While that's a big jump, some VPN companies still outshine it.
  — PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
• Considering the last live-action film, this is a great creative decision, and works more effectively than in the games, where Goro’s Joker-like persona regularly outshines the hero’s.
  — Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
• Audiences are still paying to get this sort of thing under their skin well into the 21st century, but no contemporary film has come close to outshining Romero’s glowing sci-fi horror on 35 mm in terms of lasting impact.
  — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024