Example sentences for: outdone

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

  • The towns, not to be outdone by the agricultural shows, also hold annual festivals such as the popular Victorian Festival at Keswick or the Medieval Festival in Kendal; both are in late May and both feature crafts, food stalls, and artists and entertainers in period costumes.

  • The French, not to be outdone, intend to pay nothing extra.

  • Not to be outdone, former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell is said to have "plopped down 10 grand" on Prada ski outfits a mere "two minutes after she tried them on."

  • Al Gore Jr. has outdone his senator father in the calculus of political achievement, but the veep is stiff and awkward and dutiful in a way that his impulsive, backslappy dad never was.

  • On the other hand, he said afterward that he would have outdone Hitler if he had been given the part.


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