Example sentences for: outnumbered

How can you use “outnumbered” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Joe Morgenstern, the Wall Street Journal ) are outnumbered by the detractors ("hopelessly overwrought and deeply dopey," Richard Schickel, Time ), who say 1) it's not remotely scary; 2) the sarcasm and self-conscious irony grow tiresome; 3) it's permeated with anti-Arab racism; and 4) the mummy isn't a real mummy, he's "a mutating Industrial Light and Magic Special Effect" (David Edelstein,

  • During the Boer War he successfully commanded a vastly outnumbered force of 1,250 men during the siege of Mafeking, and he went home a national hero.

  • The Lady's arm was broken, the murderers rushed in; the King defended himself but was outnumbered and killed.

  • Even so, by 1947 immigration had swollen the Jewish population to such an extent that Jews now outnumbered Arabs three to one (600,000 to 200,000), and the violence continued to escalate.

  • Since 1979, women have outnumbered men on college campuses, but now the gap is widening: Fifty-seven percent of B.A.s are awarded to women.


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