Example Sentences

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A perfect example of the stylistic choice occurs during a tense dinner scene where Blackthorne attempts to outdrink Buntaro while sharing war stories.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2024

On their first night in the underworld, however, Lola and Milo learn that Hell comes with a loophole: outdrink the devil, and you can return to your life on Earth.

From The Verge • Oct. 29, 2019

“He was over six feet tall, looked like Dean Martin, and could outdrink any competitor,” Ms. Ehrenreich writes.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2014

Already many of them can outdrink the Germans at their own beverage.

From The Damnation of Theron Ware by Frederic, Harold

He had been trained in the old school of diplomacy and he could outlie his opponents just as he could outwalk them and outdrink them and outride them.

From The Story of Mankind by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem