What's the difference between outran and outrun?

Outran


Definition:

  • (imp.) of Outrun

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Some of the men outran the younger ones, who were caught by men in uniform.
  • (2) The breach set off security alarms but Gonzalez outran pursuing officers, ignoring their commands that he stop, and entered the North Portico doors.
  • (3) And when Findley outran Danso a few minutes later, we had a game on.
  • (4) In 2011, Tillerson signed a deal with Putin to partner with Russian oil giant Rosneft to explore and drill for oil in the Arctic, a project that outran native Russian technological capabilities.
  • (5) Dashing in from the right, Costa outran Fábio Coenträo, controlled with his first touch and, with his second, thumped a superb 20-yard shot low and hard into the far corner.

Outrun


Definition:

  • (p. p.) of Outrun
  • (v. t.) To exceed, or leave behind, in running; to run faster than; to outstrip; to go beyond.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They were heading north again, back to Savissivik, back to solid land, trying to outrun the melt.
  • (2) Many reviewers have commented how perfect the trainers are for "kicking [Texas governor] Rick Perry's ass", or how the trainers were "guaranteed to outrun patriarchy".
  • (3) The concept of major depressive disorder in childhood and adolescence is reviewed and it is suggested that contemporary enthusiasm for this diagnosis may have outrun the evidence that it is a distinct categorical entity.
  • (4) Read more The report also said sugar should be avoided, people should stop counting calories and the idea that exercise could help you “outrun a bad diet” was a myth.
  • (5) They're just savvy, and aware that we're slow, cumbersome and could never outrun them.
  • (6) In its top territory, South Korea, its current running total, $16.2m, has already outrun all of the Bond films, the source material for its lampooning; after Kingsman: The Secret Service’s top-tier performance ($46.9m) in the Asian country, it’s obvious that they take the business of international espionage extremely unseriously there.
  • (7) The phrase described “our discovery of means of economising the use of labour outrunning the pace at which we can find new uses for labour”.
  • (8) Yet however bold her attempts to make history, one fears she will never completely outrun controversy.
  • (9) If floating communities are the way of the future, we will have to learn this lesson well: we can no longer simply outrun our own refuse.
  • (10) I realised Dad was right about a lot of other things too - as was Mom - and when I sat down to write about my life, I found that amid the tales of stolen grocery money and doing the skedaddle in the middle of the night to outrun the bill collectors were stories of optimism, perseverance and familial love that I had all but forgotten.
  • (11) Sometimes fact outruns even the most gruesome fiction.
  • (12) This judgment sends a strong signal to all who are in positions of responsibility that they will be held accountable for their actions and shows that fugitives cannot outrun the international community’s collective resolve to make sure they face justice according to the law,” Ban said.
  • (13) Here though Crystal Palace were victors entirely on merit, a composed, skilful, physically dominant visiting team who executed their game plan – pressing Chelsea in the centre, outrunning them on the flanks – to perfection in a well deserved victory.
  • (14) For Yusuf Sarkin, the gunfire and the screaming and the frenzy of bodies trying to outrun bullets flying through the sandy streets of Baga blended into one long awful blur.
  • (15) Yet, on his point about the players’ effort, there are statistics that show they are repeatedly outrun in matches.
  • (16) We haven't outrun the past; we're not immune to history or old prejudices.
  • (17) Kid Cudi and Aaron Paul in Need for Speed Photograph: Melinda Sue Gordon Can intrepid Aaron Paul outrun the long shadow of Breaking Bad and become a fully fledged movie star in his own right?
  • (18) What the SEC did not anticipate was that in the new fragmented system of a dozen virtual exchanges, this provided the opportunity for high-frequency traders to outrun the market while staying within the law.
  • (19) On entering into hibernation and on arousal, the HR change outruns the corresponding body temperature (Tb) change by 1.5-2 hours.
  • (20) Khan (31-3, 19 KO) may never outrun the questions about his punch resistance, but when a heat-seeking right hand detonated on his jaw in the second round, he took it well.

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