The occasion was made one of such stupendous display that Mrs. Hawley-Crowles first gasped, then shivered with apprehension, lest she be unable to outdo it.
The newspapers had long vied with one another in their advertisements and predictions; they afterward strove mightily to outdo themselves in their vivid descriptions of the gorgeous fête.
Hers was a nature which expanded in the limelight; crowded audiences inspired her to outdo herself instead of "fussing" her as they did Oh-Pshaw.
Hillsdale is the next largest town to Oakwood in the county and they're trying their best to outdo us in every way.
Ef youer de man you sez you is, you kinoutdo me,' sezee.
Ain't I never tell you 'bout how Brer Rabbit whirl in en outdo Mr. Man?
Why, thin, Paddy, is it strivin' to outdo me you are?
Bout dat time, Brer Wolf tuck a notion dat ef Brer Rabbit kin outdo ole Brer Lion, he can't outdo him.
The birches wanted to come too, but being vain, stopped to put on white dresses, to outdo the others.
English, Spanish, Italian and Hanseatic merchants tried to outdo the Netherland traders in magnificent clothes and golden ornaments.
Strauss has striven to outdo it, and there are those who think that in this episode he actually raised music to a higher power.
Some of the others have rich silk ornaments, some are painted in fresco, and each proprietor seems to have tried to outdo the rest in comfort and magnificence.
It is not a design in spots, meant merely to outdo a sunset; it is a richer dream of experience, meant to outshine the reality.
A stained-glass window or a wall of tiles can outdo them for pure colour and decorative magic.
And she hoped that none of her scholars would ever descend to that base competition to outdo one's neighbours, so characteristic of the country to-day.
I used to outdo myself to make things uncomfortable for him when he came up here--I think it was because he always seemed to be truckling.
In consequence of this bad fashion, a man who is too conscientious to misspend his days among the women, in learning the names of black marks, may never hear of the deeds of his fathers, nor feel a pride in striving to outdo them.
You will have occasion for your best manhood, and for a sharper wit than what is to be gathered in books, afore you outdo the cunning, or get the better of the courage of a Mingo.
It seemed as if the weasel would soon outdo him altogether.
In the struggle for supremacy the various political parties outdo each other in trickery, deceit, cunning, and shady machinations, confident that the one who succeeds is sure to be hailed by the majority as the victor.
It is indeed to be regretted that the alleged creator of the universe has already presented us with his wonderful scheme of things, else woman suffrage would surely enable woman to outdo him completely.
The misfortune of woman is not that she is unable to do the work of man, but that she is wasting her life force to outdo him, with a tradition of centuries which has left her physically incapable of keeping pace with him.
Is he prepared to say that Mohammedanism is superior to Christianity because its followers outdo the Christians in honesty?
For a few moments it seemed as if each girl was trying to outdo every other girl as to who should win in this race for tongue speed, as they crowded around Nathalie and their Director.
Never before in a work of beauty was Nature thus able to outdo herself, for I am sure she has gone beyond the limits of any previous attempt.
The maidens sing and dance, and outdo each other in the merry-making.
Throughout the city, high and low, poor and rich, are beside themselves with grief, and it seems as if each one boasts that he will outdo all others in his woe, and would fain never be comforted.
The ambition to discover and invent will be stimulated to the highest degree, and people will endeavour to outdo each other in new ideas and suggestions.
Bravely done, upon my life; Sir Harry Dacre seems resolved to outdo us all.
Besides, amongst those who hold a middle course, neither plunging deep in the stream of vice and wrong, nor staying firmly on the shore of honour, how gladly every one attributes acts to others that may outdo the darkness of his own!
And so home to supper and to bed, after a little playing on the flageolet with my wife, who do outdo therein whatever I expected of her.
Grace that I believe he finds himself too old, and is afraid that I should outdo him among his girls, and spoil his trade.
Advertisers tried to outdo themselves and each other in original and captivating announcements; with the result that, while many displayed wit and good humor, others were ridiculously extravagant.
Banning's founding of the former town was due, in part, to heavy losses sustained through a storm that seriously damaged his wharf, and in part to his desire to outdo J.
You shall notoutdo me, Fall what may fall, I'll do't.
