wrestle
verb (used without object)
to engage in wrestling.
outwrestle
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a word derived from
wrestle.
Example Sentences
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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 William Gilmore Simms
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 Henry Norman Hudson
"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 James Stephens
Mr. Offut declared that the young man knew more than anyone else in the United States, and that he could outrun and outwrestle any man in the county.
From Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans by James Baldwin
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 Marcus Dods
