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Example sentences for "outdid"

Lexicographically close words:
outcroppings; outcrops; outcry; outcurve; outdated; outdistance; outdistanced; outdo; outdoes; outdoing
  1. In the use of foul means he outdid his old enemy Louis XI.

  2. The 'tour,' which I have told you of, came on; I outdid myself!

  3. And yet each verse of thine Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine.

  4. Hence the high value he set on Indians, who in such work outdid the Canadians themselves.

  5. Le Loutre replied to this proclamation of Lawrence by a letter in which he outdid himself.

  6. Whatever Gaspare did he imitated, with a swiftness and a certainty that were amazing, and Gaspare, intoxicated by having such a pupil, outdid himself in countless changing activities.

  7. The other boys danced well, but Gaspare outdid them all, for they only looked gay while he looked mad with joy.

  8. And yet such verse of thine Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine.

  9. Both Selfridge and Howland outdid themselves in efforts to establish close social relations.

  10. The hostess outdid herself to make the affair the most elaborate of the season.

  11. Scherbachev was less successful against Bothmer in front of Tarnopol; but his left wing carried Buczacz, farther south, and crossed the Strypa, while beyond the Dniester Lechitsky outdid Kaledin's success at Lutsk.

  12. Where we such clusters had As made us nobly wild, not mad; And yet each verse of thine Outdid the meal, outdid the frolic wine.

  13. The pledge that he made thee {Breca outdid you entirely.

  14. In the water's possession, Ye toiled for a seven-night; he at swimming outdid thee, 20 In strength excelled thee.

  15. And yet such verse of thine Outdid the meate, outdid the frolic wine.

  16. As there are ultras who would fain be more Royalist than the King, so David outdid the mother and sister in his belief in Lucien's genius; he spoiled Lucien as a mother spoils her child.

  17. One of his peculiarities was a constant misuse of words, and now, in his excitement, he outdid himself.

  18. It was also the first time Venice had entertained a queen since the Italian union, and the sea-queen of the Adriatic outdid herself in the gorgeousness and the beauty of her preparations.

  19. The leaders, usually members of the nobility, fared on these expeditions as rudely as their men, and outdid them in courage and endurance.

  20. Ere he could reply Nature outdid her in dazzlement, and superadded a crash of thunder.

  21. Benton, however, even outdid Clay in paying homage to what he was pleased to call the "democratic idea.

  22. The heart of William had behaved tumultuously the summer long, whenever his eyes beheld those pickets of the Parchers' fence, but now it outdid all its previous riotings.

  23. With this music in his ears, George outdid himself.

  24. Medius' temper varied as he came and went; now he was gentle and affectionate, and then again he raged like a madman; and his wife outdid him.

  25. The court at this time was in full glory; to amuse the queen-regent, Mazarin was lavishing money on artists from Italy, and the nobility outdid itself in its attempts to rival royalty in elegance and luxury.


  26. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "outdid" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.