Example sentences for: outnumbered

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

  • Bolstered by a new influx of immigrants to meet the rubber and tin booms of the 1920s, non-Malays now slightly outnumbered the indigenous population.

  • Many northern Europeans, especially Germans, have purchased summer and retirement homes here; during the months of July and August, Spaniards are flatly outnumbered, when the dominant languages are German and English.

  • In the final struggle for Québec, the courageous French military commander, Marquis de Montcalm, led outnumbered troops to a victory at Ticonderoga.

  • Cloning will merely present nervous Caucasian men with the means to attempt to ensure that they aren't outnumbered by those threatening masses of other races on what they consider their own territory.

  • Seattleites debated whether the police: 1) were ill-prepared, outnumbered, and too accommodating of demonstrations; 2) overreacted by using riot tactics on peaceful protesters; or 3) were stuck in a "Catch-22."


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast