Outgunned is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Outgunned meaning
past participle of outgun
Using Outgunned
- The main meaning on this page is: past participle of outgun
- In the example corpus, outgunned often appears in combinations such as: outgunned by, and outgunned, outgunned in.
Context around Outgunned
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Outgunned
- In this selection, "outgunned" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, woefully, get, rarely and south stand out and add context to how "outgunned" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after being outgunned in the and found herself outgunned by the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "outgunned" sits close to words such as aayog, absentees and accruing, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with outgunned
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Wallabies were thoroughly outgunned. (5 words)
The Americans were outnumbered and outgunned. (6 words)
While Swagger is outmaneuvered, he's rarely outgunned. (8 words)
It felt a similar story to last year’s campaign, which saw the team over-perform only to get outgunned by Canada in the final and unable to take the tie into their stronghold territory of a deciding doubles. (39 words)
Susan Harley, Congress Watch managing director at Public Citizen, said “we’re outgunned as far as money being spent, but we have the moral higher ground” in supporting the free-file program over third-party tax preparers. (37 words)
As they attempt to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany, Wardaddy’s crew finds itself outnumbered and outgunned by superior German tank tech, leaving their skill and experience as their only advantage. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
After being outgunned in the season premiere, the pirate Vane comes back in Chapter 21, “The Pirate,” only to see all of his friends, and his boss Gorian Shard, wiped out.
As many in the West and even in Ukraine doubted Russian President Vladimir Putin's intentions, the White House was adamant: War was coming and Kyiv was woefully outgunned.
It felt a similar story to last year’s campaign, which saw the team over-perform only to get outgunned by Canada in the final and unable to take the tie into their stronghold territory of a deciding doubles.
Susan Harley, Congress Watch managing director at Public Citizen, said “we’re outgunned as far as money being spent, but we have the moral higher ground” in supporting the free-file program over third-party tax preparers.
The Americans were outnumbered and outgunned.
The Confederacy was outmanned and outgunned by their Union adversaries throughout the war.
The outgunned South Africans have only passed 200 once so far in this series.
They remain outnumbered and outgunned — the exact opposite of fair-chase hunting.
Those numbers would have outgunned both of GM’s small-block V8 truck engines, the 5.3-liter and the 6.2-liter.
While Swagger is outmaneuvered, he's rarely outgunned.
As they attempt to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany, Wardaddy’s crew finds itself outnumbered and outgunned by superior German tank tech, leaving their skill and experience as their only advantage.
But the 24-year-old Texan found herself outgunned by the powerfully built Alfred, who led from start to finish after exploding out of the blocks at a rainswept Stade de France.
Forty years later, I wrote suggesting that Israel was now the Goliath in the region with Palestinians in Gaza playing the role of a very much outgunned and persecuted David.
Nevertheless, Ukraine remains outnumbered and outgunned by its bigger neighbor.
No longer were small combatants an afterthought in naval warfare, as they had been for centuries when they were radically outgunned.
The president acknowledged there were issues with staffing and “morale” within Ukraine’s often outgunned and outmanned ranks.
These rebels may be outgunned and outnumbered, but they’re eager to fight for their freedom.
The Wallabies were thoroughly outgunned.
They outgunned their visitors RB Leipzig in almost every possible metric; 26 shots to the visitors’ eight, 18 corners to two and 62% possession.
Wallington successfully outgunned St Leonards to keep its A2 Grade season alive in round 12.
Common combinations with outgunned
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- outgunned by 13×
- and outgunned 10×
- outgunned in 5×
- outgunned and 5×
- outgunned the 3×
- being outgunned 2×
- outgunned as 2×
- have outgunned 2×
- be outgunned 2×
- was outgunned 2×