Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, andoutran the Cushite.
The other disciple outran Peter, and came to the tomb first.
This strong divergent tendency in itself suggests rapid, perhaps abnormally rapid, growth in the stock; for it outran and partially concealed the tendency toward convergence and ultimate coalescence which characterizes demotic phenomena.
Production in many important lines of goods outran the ability of the public to purchase them.
And ere we could mount the ramp, one person outran those who came forth to see what the matter was; one outran Madame Claude, outran old Gil, outran the hurrying servants, and the welcome of the house.
His monstrous conception, though it marched some way with my own suspicions, outran them far!
It was, of course, impossible to estimate the number of jackals engaged in this hunt, for it is not impossible that as soon as one had done duty at one place, it outran the deer to await it in another.
Henceforward we only have efforts to save theological appearances, and these only by men whose zeal outran their discretion.
Fortunately, a man now appeared who both met all this opposition successfully, and put aside all the half truths or specious untruths urged by minor critics whose zeal outran their discretion.
So swift were his feet that, strive as they would, he outran them by the quarter of a spear's throw.
Still, it came about that he outran them, doubling like a hare, and got away safely.
Mr. Smith also gives the story of how the tortoiseoutran the deer, which is identical as to incident with Uncle Remus's story of how Brer Tarrypin outran Brer Rabbit.
And, in the course of the next few weeks, the House of Commons outran the peers themselves in violence and manifest unfairness.
Often slaves outran the "patter rollers" and escaped the 75 lashes which were in store for them if they were caught.
Slaves oftenoutran them to the woods and managed to return to their plantations unobserved.
Evermore a sound shall be In the reeds of Arcady, Evermore a low lament Of unrest and discontent, As the story is retold Of the nymph so coy and cold, Who with frightened feet outran The pursuing steps of Pan.
But Smith outran them all and at the sight of the bright girlish face he stretched out his hands towards her as he would have done to an English maiden he knew well.
Reality soon outran some of his most daring anticipations.
Success was certain from the start; but the degree of it outran all anticipation.
His speed was so great and his wind so good that he fairly outran his pursuers; but by ill-luck, when almost exhausted, he came against another party of Indians.
The railroad outran the settler and "beckoned him on," just as the coureur de bois outran the slower-going migrant and beckoned him on to ever new frontiers.
He snatched the mace from the royal mace-bearer, in the streets of Dunse, and made off with it amidst the hue and cry of the populace, whose speed he outran as he would that of the greyhound.
With shrewd penetration he saw through the disposition of his master, and could read in his features his whole train of thought, and, as it were, the approaching form in the shadow whichoutran it.
As the horses outran the litter-bearers, the mother and son looked round at each other, their eyes met, and each felt a stab in the heart.
With steps as light as the gazelle they often outran the horses, and nothing could be more graceful than the action with which the taller ones bent over with the water-jars held in both arms to the drinker.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "outran" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
