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That gave father-strength for bearing   Famine-need and sword, Honor death itself outwearing,   And it gave accord.

From Poems and Songs by Palmer, Arthur Hubbell

But neither at the candle-lighted breakfast, nor later, when Ballard asked him if he were fit for a leisurely ride to the southern watershed for the day's outwearing, did he speak of young Carson's desertion.

From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis

Lo! on pinions bright, The Love-god comes, a yellow cincture bearing, To bind thee ever to thy dear delight, In nuptial knot, all other knots outwearing.

From The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse by Williams, Theodore C.

Again, it was her heart "outwearing its sheath," as she put it.

From Elsie Marley, Honey by Gray, Joslyn

I had asked her to go home with me, and she had refused because she is so afraid of outwearing her welcome.

From Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]