Example Sentences

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He does not outwrestle the resistance of the matter without letting us see that he is wrestling.

From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman

"If you can find a man among your fourteen battalions who can outrun or outwrestle or outfight me, I will take myself off to my own country, and will trouble you no more."

From Irish Fairy Tales by Stephens, James

And everywhere he saw Gray's yellow head darting among them like a sun-ball, and he began to wonder, if he could not outrun and outwrestle his old enemy.

From The Heart of the Hills by Fox, John

Six feet in stocking-foot, sound in wind and limb—could outrun, outjump, outwrestle, outfight, and outdo anyhow, any lad of my inches in the whole district.

From Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by Simms, William Gilmore

It lies apparently dead for months together, but when roused it can, as the naturalist tells us, “outclimb the monkey, outswim the fish, outleap the zebra, outwrestle the athlete, and crush the tiger.”

From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Dods, Marcus