How to Use outrun in a Sentence

outrun

verb
  • The rabbit had no chance of outrunning the dogs.
  • His motorcycle could outrun any car on the road.
  • But don’t try to outrun the drone.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The man left the door open so the dog would have a chance to outrun the fire.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2021
  • The guards chased Weisz and his friend, but the two men outran them.
    — Cathy Locke, sacbee, 13 Oct. 2017
  • At four weeks or younger, elk calves aren’t yet fast enough to outrun grizzlies.
    — Douglas Main, National Geographic, 25 June 2019
  • He'll be forever known as the boy who outran a bear.
    — Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Hundreds abandoned their cars and tried to outrun the fire on foot.
    — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The two join the rest of their gang and outrun the monsters chasing them.
    — Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 29 July 2025
  • Deion Sanders could outrun the football gods and dare them to keep pace.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2024
  • The pace of change will only get faster, but even now, humans cannot outrun work.
    — Jared Spataro, Fortune, 11 May 2023
  • For decades, sales teams often outran product teams.
    — Lior Weinstein, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • That choice gives the brand a steady tone, which matters in a field where hype can outrun caution.
    — Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The vigor of youth could no longer outrun the ravages of age and cancer.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Cut the unit cost of something useful and demand outruns the cost cut.
    — Alex Lazarow, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • The suspect tried to outrun those circles.
    — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • For the next few quarters, the first trend is going to outrun the second.
    — Rob Collie, Fortune, 29 May 2026
  • The question is, how long can Trump himself outrun the truth?
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Which is fine … if the team is scoring enough to outrun goals surrendered.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Krantz, who can outrun most people on the crew, says that men and women do the same job out on the line.
    — Alex Potter, National Geographic, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The Nez Perce bands outran the soldiers for three-and-a-half months.
    — Daniel Sharfstein, Smithsonian, 23 May 2017
  • Other species may not be able to outrun the rapid changes in their habitat and could simply die off.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2023
  • After parking on the side of the road, the suspect jumped out to grab the girl, who outran him.
    — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Talk us through the events of that day, and explain why Samaras couldn’t outrun this storm.
    — National Geographic, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Many animals have outrun the flames only to die in fences and roads by the thousands.
    — Abby Jones, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2020
  • When betting horses, the idea is to look for horses that are going to outrun the odds.
    — Xl Media, cleveland, 7 May 2022
  • The ones who somehow outrun the medical tent become the best of all-time.
    — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Brown stripped the ball from him near midcourt, outran him to the rim and made a twisting layup while being fouled.
    — Kellis Robinett, kansascity, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Zimmer outran Hill to the bag as Cody Bellinger flipped him the ball.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland.com, 15 June 2017
  • Jones outran Truex in a two-lap overtime dash to join the list of Cup winners.
    — Mike Hembree, USA TODAY, 12 July 2018

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