had outrun
- past perfect of outrun.
Example Sentences
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For a short time it seemed they had outrun the threat by getting to the city of Lviv, close to the Polish border.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2022
By mid-June, Hidalgo worried that the virus had outrun their best efforts.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2020
I didn’t like admitting it, but since my time with Rocky, I’d become a bit of a skeptic: maybe the hype had outrun the reality.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2012
At that point, we wanted to continue to grow but had outrun our ability to get funding from friends and family.
From Washington Post
Vonetta, Fern, and Hirohito had run after me, but Hiro-hito had outrun my sisters and met me at the other end.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
