How to Use outrace in a Sentence

outrace

verb
  • Erik Haula outraced everyone to reach the puck first.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Bellingham took a pass out wide on the right side of the wing and outraced his defender to the box.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026
  • Brindle, a 30-year-old father of three, ran but could not outrace the falling dirt.
    — Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
  • Three times, Kyle Larson needed to outrace the rest of the contenders on late restarts.
    — Noah Trister, courant.com, 18 June 2017
  • The government is hoping that vaccines may outrace the new variant.
    — Washington Post, 19 May 2021
  • Hollow-core fiber is the latest in a series of advances that fast traders have used to try to outrace their competition.
    — Alexander Osipovich, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
  • This is about chasing a title while LeBron James still is outracing time.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The initial completion was roughly 10 yards, and Jones outraced the defense to the end zone.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Or Lempicka, in her imagined Bugatti, might still be outracing us.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Vaccine officials are trying to outrace a surging rate of infections.
    — Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2021
  • Case reeled in the pass and then outraced everyone to the endzone for a 75-yard TD reception.
    — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Etienne might be poised to outrace Alabama's Najee Harris to be the first back off the board, maybe in the first round.
    — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2021
  • But at the end of the day, Republicans are very worried about the fact that Democrats just completely keep outracing them.
    — ABC News, 22 Sep. 2024
  • On the following play, Maes broke up the middle and then to the left sideline before outracing the Nighthawks’ defense to the end zone.
    — Rick Hoff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Their rapid-fire sentences overlap and outrace each other — Brydon and Coogan are like twin squirrels trying to climb a ladder at the same time.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 Aug. 2017
  • Some people try to deny that the window is closing, thinking Curry might be the one guy who can outrace Father Time.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The man is trying to outrace his own irrelevance, but time always marches forward, our bodies always fail, there’s always a younger person snapping at your heels.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 May 2025
  • His past is tough to outrace, though, and his biggest competition might be his own teammate, the hotshot rookie Joshua Pearce (Idris).
    — Nada Aboul Kheir, Deadline, 24 June 2025
  • In the second, Africentric playing in a full court frenzy just as the Wildcats have all year, was able to outrace their opponent for a nine-point halftime lead.
    — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 24 Mar. 2018
  • In a first-half highlight, Phoebe Dummer stole the ball at mid-poll and outraced two defenders to score for a 4-1 lead with 27 seconds left.
    — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
  • De’Von Achane took the handoff, squeezed through the hole, blasted past a diving defender at midfield and outraced the rest of the Bills’ defense to the end zone.
    — Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Viral videos posted online show rhinos aggressively chasing visitors in India safari parks as the drivers do their best to outrace the beasts.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Yapi created the opportunity by outracing Carlos Harvey down the left flank.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Fifty miles south, in Astoria, commercial fishing trawlers try to outrace the tsunami by heading up the Columbia River.
    — Bruce Barcott, Outside Online, 25 Aug. 2011
  • Morris uses more natural speed to outrace opponents to balls and has certainly enjoyed plenty of chances this season — though without finishing the vast majority of them.
    — Geoff Baker, The Seattle Times, 19 June 2017
  • Collaboration is necessary to outrace malicious actors in the near future, Harrington, Wang and others say.
    — Stephen Ornes, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2019
  • Following the Marshall score, Johnston found Shropshire again on third down with a 71-yard touchdown pass that saw the receiver shrug off a defender and outrace the rest of the defense to the end zone.
    — Evan Dudley, al, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Navarro outraced the defense to a through ball played ahead by Paxten Aaronson and beat goalkeeper Drake Callender one on one from near the penalty spot to give the Rapids a 1-0 lead.
    — CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • Still, the mounting evidence suggests that mutant viruses can diminish the efficacy of vaccines, increasing the pressure on countries to quickly vaccinate their populations and outrace the variants.
    — New York Times, Star Tribune, 5 Feb. 2021
  • Opponents are figuring out how neutralize Miami by denying Messi and his attacking partners space to work their magic and outracing Miami players in transition.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 May 2025

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