Verb (used with object), : The winning horse outdistanced the second-place winner by five lengths. From Dictionary.com.
What he didn't do was to outdistance his competitors. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2003] Reference
The only way to prevent it was to outdistance everyone. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
'I have bows that could outdistance yours by fifty paces. From Wordnik.com. [Ghost King]
A Quozl infant could outdistance all but the best of them. From Wordnik.com. [Quozl]
All of his efforts to outdistance his pursuers had failed. From Wordnik.com. [Antrax]
She was frantic to obey, to outdistance Lady Juliana's anger. From Wordnik.com. [Claiming Of Sleeping Beauty]
Perhaps it was my own conscience I was trying to outdistance?. From Wordnik.com. [The Otherworld]
But on me you can outdistance any other horse in this country. From Wordnik.com. [The Horse and His Boy]
We can outdistance them until we're out of sight and then hide. From Wordnik.com. [Soul of the Fire]
Anna hurried upstairs as if to outdistance demons at her heels. From Wordnik.com. [Heartless]
Something you've always been proud of, or struggled to outdistance?. From Wordnik.com. [i'll have a bourbon and ginger, Jimbo] Reference
Coulter strained every nerve to outdistance his murderous pursuers. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
“Why do you let the Slopes of the world outdistance you?” said she. From Wordnik.com. [Barchester Towers] Reference
"Does it relate to the storm we're trying to outdistance-Happy Bottom?". From Wordnik.com. [Yon Ill Wind]
The kid was going to outdistance them, but not if she stuck to the road. From Wordnik.com. [Greenmantle]
And I hastened to outdistance the report of the guns that took his life. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
Over a short sprint, a human's longer legs would quickly outdistance them. From Wordnik.com. [Diuturnity's Dawn]
She walked fast, as fast as she could, trying to outdistance her troubles. From Wordnik.com. [Jinx High]
'Ride for the mountains,' Elric replied, 'and we may yet outdistance them.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Weird of the White Wolf]
This time she was trying not to throw him off, but to outdistance something. From Wordnik.com. [Unicorn Point]
On the run, there were few in Earth's dreamland could outdistance David Hero. From Wordnik.com. [Hero Of Dreams]
Ordinarily in a straight-away run he could outdistance the fleetest foxhound. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
If you flee right now and the wind holds, you might well outdistance them all. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
Pursuing elements outdistance their support and are in danger of being cut off. From Wordnik.com. [FM 100-61 Chptr 4 Army Group Offensive Operations]
They could outdistance any normal horse and could run almost forever without tiring. From Wordnik.com. [Water Sleeps]
He kept hoping he would outdistance the Khamorth and their irruption into the Empire. From Wordnik.com. [Bridge of the Separator]
The US would outdistance its rivals by aiming higher: the US would shoot for the moon. From Wordnik.com. [A Waste of Space: Inspired Leadership and the Struggle for the Next Great Frontier] Reference
If necessary, they could easily outdistance any human army, whether mounted or on foot. From Wordnik.com. [The Kinslayer Wars]
Besides, with their flying platforms we could never outdistance them on foot or by raft. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers To Broken Stones]
For a short while she could outdistance the bad memories she could never completely abandon. From Wordnik.com. [The crush]
As with your rifles, they altogether outdistance that which anyone else may hope to accomplish. From Wordnik.com. [The Guns Of The South]
Would it not be possible for Silver Star, carrying the lighter burden, to outdistance The Hawk?. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheik] Reference
Conan broke into a run, slowing his pace only enough to not outdistance his companions too much. From Wordnik.com. [Conan and The Mists of Door]
And those who are -- who excel because of hard work and talents, they outdistance the opposition. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 13, 2006] Reference
The balls will cross in starting and repeatedly thereafter unless one should outdistance the other. From Wordnik.com. [Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium] Reference
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