Example sentences for: outstripped

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

  • But Sears Roebuck and Co. outstripped Montgomery Ward in the 1890s.

  • The press in Britain agreed that Churchill had anyway far outstripped Adolf Hitler in artistic talent.

  • Other sectors of the economy — timber, fisheries, mining, and construction — ground to a halt as production outstripped demand.

  • Though the singular insanity is far outstripped by the multiple mania, one can expect, in this age of downsizing, to encounter more of the less and less of the more.

  • In Britain, the Times, under the headline "Clinton's tactics pay off for Democrats," reported that "stunned Democrats woke up yesterday to find their election victories had outstripped their loftiest predictions."


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