Example Sentences

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He does not require an audience, although he likes to have someone around to outfish.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 12, 2016

“You’re not going to outfish the Ohio River,” said Robert Hubbard, the owner of Hubbard’s South Lakes, a pay-lake business in Mooresville.

From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2014

While I am too wise to undertake to outwalk, outfish, or outrun you, I will venture to contract to keep you entertained diligently and discreetly during your sojourn with us.

From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Thompson, Slason

With this delicate outfit, and with a light hand and a long line, one may easily outfish the native angler, and fill a twelve-pound basket every fair day.

From Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things by Van Dyke, Henry