How to Use outwit in a Sentence

outwit

verb

• The fox managed to outwit the hunter by hiding in a tree.
• They thought they had outwitted the new teacher.
• Alas, Kendall doesn't quite have the brains to outwit his father.
  — Carrie Wittmer, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Aug. 2019
• And for some shoppers, there’s a thrill in outwitting the stores.
  — Anne D'innocenzio, The Seattle Times, 9 June 2017
• Were the good guys the amateur traders uniting to outwit the pros?
  — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022
• He's got two weapons in his bag of fishing tricks to outwit these light biters.
  — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2021
• Bosworth was to play Jack Thornton, the hero who outwits the sultan and wins the heart of the helpless heroine.
  — Longreads, 15 May 2018
• But this is a tale of survival, not woe, and Michael and his wife Tanya Trotter have the cunning and courage to outwit the devil.
  — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2023
• Stevens, a former black-ops soldier with Wakandan ties who seeks to both outwit and beat down T’Challa for the crown.
  — Jamil Smith, TIME.com, 8 Feb. 2018
• The bad news: If Trump falls for his own hype, he may be outwitted by a showman who can best him at this game.
  — Trudy Rubin, Philly.com, 11 May 2018
• To dislodge dug-in troops is harder than to outwit an invader out in the open.
  — Josef Joffe, Time, 1 Dec. 2022
• But if there are games, there must be a games master, and Arisu is determined to outwit him (or her).
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2020
• Along with her guide, a drifter named Boyce, Gray is sent to the ghostly wilderness of the Lost Lands, where the pair must outwit and outfight man and demon.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2021
• The soil is the same way -- the bad actors are outnumbered and usually outwitted by the good ones.
  — Adrian Higgins, idahostatesman, 23 Aug. 2017
• Many kids in Central Dauphin grew up watching the clever mouse outwit the cartoon cat in Tom & Jerry.
  — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 19 July 2021
• To find it, however, Luffy must find a crew, search the seas and outwit treacherous rivals along the way.
  — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 22 July 2023
• The best way to outwit your children is to make sure their devices run the latest system software.
  — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
• Ella of Frell must outwit a litany of evil forces to discover her own agency.
  — Austin Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Nov. 2021
• Stevenson will find the end zone a couple of times as White did back then, Belichick will again outwit his 2003 draft pick Kingsbury, and yes, Folk will have to win the thing.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2022
• Every night, once his wife went to bed, Carpenter drank coffee, chewed Nicorette, and schemed about ways to outwit the hackers.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018
• In this fast-moving comedy, the wives outwit the fat knight while many wooers pursue the lovely Anne Page.
  — Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2020
• Other thieves have outwitted armed guards and alarm systems or cut through an airport fence or to seize their loot.
  — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 4 Oct. 2016
• Stranded, stalked, and soon to be mauled, the Samuels family must find a way to outwit the lion and make their way back to civilization.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2023
• In 1996, Ghostface was able to outwit everyone with cell phones and voice changers.
  — Medea Giordano, Wired, 30 Oct. 2021
• And there's a brand-new tribe of stars checking into The White Lotus, ready to outwit, outplay, and outlast their rivals.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2022
• Yes, her account of one Jewish-Czech family’s race to outwit the Nazis makes for thrilling reading.
  — New York Times, 28 Mar. 2020
• Replays revealed the play to be a textbook situation in which Arias was outwitted, missed the ball, and caught Gil.
  — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
• Izquierdo then tore through the Arsenal defence, outwitting Mustafi before launching a shot from the edge of the area just wide of Čech's near-post.
  — SI.com, 4 Mar. 2018
• Because of him the colonists outwitted and defeated the greatest empire on earth.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
• Ever since, Yermak has tried to build the groundwork for a peace on Ukraine’s terms, racing to outwit Russia on the diplomatic front even as his country’s armed forces lost ground in the war.
  — Simon Shuster/bürgenstock, TIME, 25 June 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024