How to Use outstrip in a Sentence

outstrip

verb
  • The fullback outstripped the defenders and scored a touchdown.
  • The new hotel outstrips all other hotels in the area in size and luxury.
  • But the coached group outstripped them by a wide margin.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Team values gains have outstripped all of those growth metrics.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 24 June 2025
  • If supply outstrips demand, bond prices will fall, and yields will rise.
    — Mike Patton, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
  • But Morey felt that Capela’s room for growth outstripped the holes in his game.
    — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2018
  • If the bay is the only show in town, the demand will far outstrip the supply.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2018
  • But what’s at stake appears to outstrip even that level of value.
    — Daniele Lepido, Fortune, 17 July 2023
  • The need for organs far outstrips the number that are available.
    — John Bonifield, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The need for organs far outstrips the number that are available.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
  • But Rhaenyra’s desire to rule has always outstripped her will to fight.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • Prices for some staples, such as eggs, have surged as demand far outstrips supply.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 31 Mar. 2020
  • This time around, some experts predict the costs could outstrip that work stoppage.
    — Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
  • Buttigieg has had fundraising success that outstrips his standing in polls.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2019
  • In short, the company’s losses far outstrip its sales.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 17 June 2026
  • If anyone was shocked by how demand outstripped supply with this set, the irony was inescapable.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
  • That accomplishment would far outstrip the goal laid out by Pres.
    — Emily Brindley, courant.com, 6 May 2021
  • Fentanyl is a rising problem in the city, and need outstrips services.
    — Author: Justin Jouvenal, Anchorage Daily News, 24 June 2019
  • The process is costly and demand is likely to outstrip supply.
    — Riley Griffin, Bloomberg.com, 9 Oct. 2020
  • There is concern about how vastly demand for the Swift item will outstrip the supply.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Full acceleration for the quarter mile far outstrips the roars of the burnouts.
    — Rachel Kushner, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Demand is outstripping the supply, driving up prices a little bit right now.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
  • At his side at the air meet was his 8-year-old granddaughter Florence, whose fame came to outstrip his.
    — Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The Fed says the demand for workers is still outstripping supply.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The argument has been that a spike in demand for goods and services will outstrip supply, causing prices to rise.
    — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 28 May 2021
  • Officials always knew that the country would reach a point where the supply of once-scarce shots would outstrip the demand.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 3 June 2021
  • But experts are pessimistic that would be the case in the Bay Area, where demand far outstrips supply.
    — Trisha Thadani, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Rabbinic tales of the Golem asked what happens when obedience outstrips wisdom.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Although steel production rose by 3% in the first three quarters of last year, the increase in demand still outstripped it.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2018
  • And there, American workers continue to outstrip most of the world.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026

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