Example sentences for: outnumbered

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

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

  • 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.

  • This shocking act recalls the climax of Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969), in which a prisoner is executed with similar defiance, and Russell builds to the same wordless exchange among the protagonists: Those manly looks that say, "We're outnumbered and outgunned.

  • 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.

  • Far outnumbered by the 1,700-man invasion force, the defenders of El Morro surrendered after a two-week siege.


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