Outstripped
[aʊt'strɪpt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Outstrip
Editor: Michel
Examples
- That the United States has from the beginning far outstripped the rest of the civilized world in the growth of the telephone is shown by comparison. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Marianne was astonished to find how much the imagination of her mother and herself had outstripped the truth. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Nature at another point had outstripped him, yet he had broadened his own sum of knowledge to a prodigious extent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Robert Fulton’s friend, the Duke of Bridgewater, had been of some help with his canal system, but the trade quickly outstripped this service. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- They soon outstripped the others, and when they had reached the carriage, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner were half a quarter of a mile behind. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
Editor: Michel