How to Use outlast in a Sentence

outlast

verb
  • These plays long predate us and long outlast us.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • For kids like me, home is the warmth that outlasts the travel.
    — Joseph Trinidad, Longreads, 16 June 2026
  • Someone told me once that an idea can outlast a person.
    — Hua Xi, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Both sides have dug in, hoping to outlast the other.
    — Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Both sides have dug in, hoping to outlast the other.
    — David Rising, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
  • That this place, which has always been eternal, will outlast us.
    — Jeff Vandermeer, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026
  • The tariff case has now outlasted all three.
    — Ella Lee, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Guy, the blues stalwart who couldn’t catch a break for a long time, has outlasted them all.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Trump’s new Fed chair will likely outlast him in office.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 2 Feb. 2026
  • That kind of support is what tends to outlast everything else.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 28 May 2026
  • Uso ended up outlasting the field to earn the title match.
    — Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • And yet his career outlasted nearly all of theirs.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Tiffany is outwit, outplay, and outlast.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026
  • Hormone changes trigger symptoms that can outlast the fourth trimester.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Whether cause marketing at this scale can outlast a summer is the open question.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 9 June 2026
  • The Spurs outlasted the Knicks at the end with help of surplus foul shots.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026
  • The pain can be substantial and may outlast the visible rash.
    — Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 7 May 2026
  • And the name wound up outlasting the circumstances that produced it.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2026
  • But the Aggies were able to outlast the visitors.
    — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Factories that take four years to build need a policy that outlasts a single term.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • More and more resorts are starting to offer guests creative outlets that will outlast their stays.
    — Annita Katee, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
  • This means that more drivers are facing expensive repairs as cars outlast their parts.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
  • People with ethical habits build legacies that outlast them.
    — Yasir Hashmi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Rose outlasted Spaun, taking the win after three holes of extra golf.
    — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
  • So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, literature will outlast the foibles of misguided mortals.
    — Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
  • That phone represents a greater power, one that could outlast Trumpism.
    — Tressie McMillan Cottom, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • South Korea still plans to phase out use of coal, but the recent moves could outlast the crisis, Kim said.
    — ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • South Korea still plans to phase out use of coal, but the recent moves could outlast the crisis, Kim said.
    — Arkansas Online, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The coach is hard to beat to the gym, even harder to outlast in the evenings, a regular fixture on the treadmill and in the film room.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Then Swayman outlasted Thompson in the shootout to nail down the second point.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026

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