Example Sentences

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As everybody now knows, by the end of the the phrase "makes Darren Bent look a bargain" was outdoing "the game's gone mad" and "do me a favour, love" for topical hilarity.

From The Guardian • Feb. 5, 2011

But by the late 70s Jones was outdoing them.

From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2010

There were few better women in the world, few whose goodness showed itself so clearly both in deeds and intentions, and yet she was conscious, rightly or wrongly, that Greif was outdoing her in generosity.

From Greifenstein by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

Under the circumstances Sharpman was outdoing himself in politeness, but he could not well outdo Rhyming Joe.

From Burnham Breaker by Greene, Homer

But she was happy, for she was outdoing, she was pretending, and she was punishing.

From The Madigans by Lowell, Orson