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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Slowing down has been my way of finally listening, rather than trying to outrun the lesson.
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Denielle Sachs,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
By the time the credits roll, Kara is forced to confront the grief she's spent years trying to outrun, Ruthye faces a life-defining choice and the film plants the seeds for the next chapter of the DC Universe.
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Lily Brown,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
In other words, the MiG-25 could outrun almost anything, but doing so came with an expensive maintenance bill.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 June 2026
But Klug wasn’t sure any individual Democrat could outrun the negative perception that pervades a state where the party has floundered of late.
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Justin Papp,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
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Denielle Sachs,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
By the time the credits roll, Kara is forced to confront the grief she's spent years trying to outrun, Ruthye faces a life-defining choice and the film plants the seeds for the next chapter of the DC Universe.
—
Lily Brown,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
In other words, the MiG-25 could outrun almost anything, but doing so came with an expensive maintenance bill.
—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 June 2026
But Klug wasn’t sure any individual Democrat could outrun the negative perception that pervades a state where the party has floundered of late.
—
Justin Papp,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
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 5 Jul. 2026.
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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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