How to Use outdo in a Sentence

outdo

verb
  • My sister always tried to outdo me in school.
  • Smaller companies often outdo larger ones in customer service.
  • She scored 20 points in the first game. Not to be outdone, I scored 30 points myself in the second game.
  • This year, though, they’ve been outdone.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Of course, the spotlight evening games were not to be outdone.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Not to be outdone, a vault door opens to reveal a walk-in pantry.
    — Cathy Ching, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • Each day somehow outdid the last.
    — Sandy Pierre, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
  • My fear of falling was outdone by my fear of peeing.
    — Betty Fussell, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
  • No serum can fully outdo poor sleep or chronic stress.
    — Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Not to be outdone, Justin shared a picture of the two canoodling in a car.
    — Vogue, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Every show was trying to outdo each other to stay on the air.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Not to be outdone, a trendy anklet is now half-off and ready to bling up your next beach getaway.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 8 July 2025
  • The jump drew throngs of spectators as skiers tried to outdo each other.
    — Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2020
  • But leave it to the Italians to outdo them all by living just a tad longer.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 16 July 2018
  • Not to be outdone, the heat in Barcelona was nuclear.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
  • Rather than try to outdo himself, Fary only tries to achieve one thing.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Rather than try to outdo himself, Fary only tries to achieve one thing.
    — Nicolas Vega, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Not to be outdone, bull moose come out later in the fall to show off their size and search for female moose.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2024
  • Not to be outdone, Google rushed to announce its own search bot called Bard.
    — WIRED, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Not to be outdone, though, the Eagles used a 7-minute drive to take back the lead.
    — Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com, 4 Feb. 2018
  • Even his dog, the charismatic and beloved Snoopy, outdoes him.
    — Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Then again, who’s to say May won’t outdo him with more monster transfers?
    — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Feehan’s defense isn’t to be outdone.
    — Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
  • On the mound, Royals starter Noah Cameron was not to be outdone.
    — Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The Padres outdid them, drilling five home runs, their most in a game since 2008.
    — Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 June 2017
  • Michael Malone was on the precipice of outdoing himself to ring in the new year.
    — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The largest egos call upon each other to outdo themselves on the bidding.
    — Jemma Green, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • And Terri Lyne can stand beside any man and hold her own and outdo many men.
    — Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
  • But now and again, the professional game finds a way to outdo itself.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
  • But the Hyperdub founder doesn’t feel the need to outdo what he’s already built.
    — Arielle Lana Lejarde, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2024

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