outlast
verb (used with object)
to endure or last longer than.
was outlasting
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past progressiveof outlast.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He was outlasting Djokovic on the lengthiest baseline exchanges.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
It was outlasting Green Bay in last year’s NFC championship game.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2015
While New York was outlasting Cincinnati, the 1972 World Champion Oakland Athletics were having their own tense five-game contest with the Baltimore Orioles in the American League playoffs.
From Time Magazine Archive
But already I began to observe with infinite pity that my man's strength was outlasting the nervous force of my little companion.
From Atlantida by Pierre Benôit
