How to Use outnumber in a Sentence

outnumber

verb
  • They were also fired up for the match, even though they were outnumbered.
    — Kellis Robinett, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2026
  • They are outnumbered in their own ballpark.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
  • In her roster of friends, the dead now far outnumber the living.
    — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2021
  • This is the first time mail votes will outnumber in-person ballots.
    — Caitlin Conant, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2020
  • The few who speak in the board’s favor are vastly outnumbered.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Buses roll down rural roads where sheep still outnumber cars.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026
  • So, too, does giving a voice to voters, even if they’re outnumbered.
    — Mark Barabak, The Mercury News, 6 July 2024
  • Cops arrived to break up the crowd but soon realized they were outnumbered.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The number of calls bought also outnumbered the number of puts bought.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 19 May 2026
  • Probably not, and the so-so ads outnumbered the clear winners and losers.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 2 Feb. 2020
  • And, as in so many fields, at first the skeptics vastly outnumbered the early-adopters.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 15 May 2024
  • At times, pigeons seem to outnumber students in the school’s oasis-like quad.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2019
  • Her list of accolades outnumber her injuries, but not by much.
    — Sierra Shafer, Outside, 18 Nov. 2025
  • And while there are rain chances sprinkled across the forecast, dry times far outnumber rainier moments.
    — Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Women outnumber men five to one; most brides-to-be bring along either a posse of friends or their mother.
    — Tom Rowley, 1843, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Police have been besieged and outnumbered to combat the armed gangs.
    — CBS News, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Now the pews, chairs and furniture have been pushed aside to make room, and the dead far outnumber the living.
    — New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The flies far outnumbered the two live and one dead roaches, although that one dead roach did mar a clean cutting board.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Comrie employs a nanny, so his wife is never outnumbered by their two kids at home.
    — Murat Ates, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • In most instances, the staff outnumber the leaders 15 to one.
    — Randy Shattuck, Forbes, 27 June 2022
  • As the sole guest, I was outnumbered by staff by a margin of 12 to 1.
    — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The living roaches outnumbered the dead roaches three to two. Cases of oils and a bag of onions sat directly on the kitchen floor.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The people who lived in Rafah before the war are outnumbered four to one by the displaced.
    — Cate Brown, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The nice stories, however, were outnumbered by the grim ones.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Cattle far outnumber wild horses on the range and compete for the same resources.
    — Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 June 2022
  • Still, price increases outnumbered cuts this year.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Shawn Johnson East and her husband are about to be outnumbered.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • The research sits at an early stage where the questions outnumber the answers.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Nonproducing wells that haven’t been plugged now outnumber active wells in the gulf, the study says.
    — Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 8 May 2023
  • People in the mosh pit appear to be outnumbered by glowing smartphones.
    — Chris R. Morgan, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025

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