And amid the forest his mother crossed his way, wearing the face and raiment of a maiden, the arms of a maiden of Sparta, or like Harpalyce of Thrace when she tires her coursers and outstrips the winged speed of Hebrus in her flight.
He outstrips the flash in the pan, or a glance of the eye.
Eludes Sordello, even: the veil rent, Read the black writing--that collective man Outstrips the individual!
In a word, Control 's not for this lady; but her wish To please me outstrips in its subtlety My power of being pleased: herself creates The want she means to satisfy.
But Ate is robust and sound in limb, wherefore she far outstrips all, and arrives first at every land, doing injury to men; whilst these afterwards cure them.
When the growth of population outstrips the progress of improvements, what are the means of relief for the laborer?
He pulls the plow, turns the water wheel, draws the wagon, carries burdens, and for long distance travel outstrips the horse.
The Chinaman is to be found throughout the archipelago; in fact, he far outstrips all other foreign elements.
In the South the fruit outstrips the leaves and has about reached maturity before the unfolding leaves are large enough to hide it; but in New England and New York the leaves are large before the fruit is mature.
In the long run, however, the larch outstrips the pine and becomes a larger tree.
Why, a praying man doth as far outstrip a non-praying man, as a star outstrips a clod of earth.
Offence, robust of limb, 625 And treading firm the ground, outstrips them all, And over all the earth before them runs Hurtful to man.
As a round shot outstrips the rifled bolt on quitting the muzzle of the gun, so the lower race, in childhood, may outstrip the higher.
Loading itself here with invisible power, by a process of transmutation which outstrips the dreams of the alchemist, it can discharge its load, in the fraction of a second, as light and heat, at the opposite side of the world.
Marvelous as the career of Caesar as a general was, his merit as a civilianoutstrips even his distinction as a soldier.
This period outstrips all previous eras as regards the progress of the natural and physical sciences, and of invention and discovery in the practical applications of science.
Jesus puts Father Abraham in Heaven, whose reputation for faith outstrips his character for veracity.
Many brutes can run more swiftly, but they manifest no capacity for the subjugation of a steam power which far outstrips their speed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "outstrips" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
