Example sentences for: outdone

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

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

  • 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.

  • In a similar vein, several of the engineers have braved the elements by appearing at our daily all-hands gatherings on the flight deck without coats; only to be outdone by a petty officer who wore shorts through the frigid Strait of Magellan!

  • And yet we persevere; it becomes personal--to weather a storm is one of the ultimate challenges of the sea; to see it calm from its fury is like emerging from the dark side of the moon; euphoric moods erupt only to be outdone by the euphoria of returning home.

  • 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."


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