How to Use outfight in a Sentence

outfight

verb
  • Iowa outfought the Gators on both ends.
    Rob Maaddi, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Iowa outfought the Gators on both ends.
    ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • United was outfought and outplayed by a team in the fourth tier of English soccer.
    Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This season’s revelation, Bournemouth, were outplayed and outfought for 90 minutes before Leeds chucked away two points at the death.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Essex outfought Barbosa in a fight that had several exciting moments and a referee who was unmistakably bad at his job.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Liverpool will look to bolster their midfield department after being repeatedly outfought in that area in 2025-26.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • But the 6-foot-3, 201-pound Coleman is the epitome of a receiver who makes high-point catches, catches balls with his hands not his body and will outfight defensive backs for the football.
    Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2026

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