outran
- past tense form of outrun.
Example Sentences
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Melampus dwelt among men: physician and sage, He served them, loving them, healing them; sick or maimed, Or them that frenzied in some delirious rage Outran the measure, his juice of the woods reclaimed.
From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George
They spoke not, for their earnest sense Outran the craft of eloquence.
From Poems Household Edition by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
