Example Sentences

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Even their stupendous speed could not outstride the sensitive plate that can catch a perfect likeness in one two-thousandth part of a second.

From A Republic Without a President and Other Stories by Ward, Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson)

Every one is pushing forward as though there was but one bed left in the city, and to obtain that he intended to outstride and overreach all his fellow travellers.

From Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated by Robinson, Solon