How to Use outlast in a Sentence

outlast

verb
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  • The seat is made of nylon that should outlast even the sharpest claws.
    — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The top notes fade away the fastest, then the middle notes, leaving the base notes to outlast them all.
    — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • LaMar Grayson scored 29 points to help the Spartans outlast the Scarlets.
    — Star Tribune, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Now one of the few challenges that remains is to outlast the Rolling Stones.
    — Lori Majewski, Variety, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The phrase, which outlasted the show, refers to the resilience of theater in the face of insane odds.
    — Rachel Shteir, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2023
  • And, for a mid-weight medium wash that will outlast all trends, opt for Levi’s.
    — Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Covid-19 seems to have set off a quest for space that could outlast the pandemic.
    — The Economist, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Russia’s strategy to win the war in Ukraine is to outlast the West.
    — Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The iPhone 14 has a slightly larger battery than the iPhone 14 Pro but can’t outlast it.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The question is which side can outlast the other and impose its will.
    — Marcus Walker, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Danny Kaye and Cary Grant aside, some of your movies are going to outlast you.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Doss wasn't lights out from downtown but did what was necessary in the paint to outlast the Raiders 64-61.
    — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2022
  • And his postgame massage has outlasted any stragglers in the room.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The Rangers outlasted one of the best starting pitchers in baseball.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 18 July 2023
  • In the end, one player must outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The pursuit of those challenges is going to long outlast me.
    — Steven Levy, Wired, 19 May 2021
  • Denham hopes to outlast the restaurant (and then some).
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The business was good enough to outlast the Wethersfield locations of the Chip’s and Denny’s chains, but now appears to be at the end of the line.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2024
  • In the end, one player will outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Boxers have to learn how to outfight, outscore and outlast their opponents in the ring.
    — Arturo Conde, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Of course, that cat is unlikely to stay on the right side of the room, and our linear thinker is unlikely to outlast 20 cats.
    — Marie-Caroline Chauvet, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Toys that outlast the latest trends are a tough bunch: What is the secret to moving from fad to classic?
    — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The Pittsburgh Steelers outlasted the Cincinnati Bengals in a 44-38 win on the road.
    — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The north-south imbalance, though, is likely to outlast it.
    — The Economist, 23 Jan. 2021
  • The Red Raiders outlasted the Bearcats 39-36 in triple overtime last season.
    — al, 12 Sep. 2023
  • But Taillon and the Yankees couldn’t outlast Verlander and the Astros.
    — James Wagner, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Jenna Kluxdal scored 18 points to help the visiting Jaguars outlast the Stars.
    — Star Tribune, 21 Jan. 2021
  • The odds are that a savvy approach to an AV startup is going to outlast the AV startups that are based solely on whim and guts.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
  • And like her predecessors, Iger is poised to outlast her stay.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2023
  • That talent is good enough to outlast the Wildcats and give Tucker his best win since beating U-M a year ago.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2021

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