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Outmanned is an English word. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Outmanned in a sentence

Outmanned meaning

simple past and past participle of outman

Using Outmanned

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of outman
  • In the example corpus, outmanned often appears in combinations such as: outmanned and.

Context around Outmanned

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

heavily 1×

Often after:

people 1× ukrainian 1× opponent 1× colonials 1× ranks 1×

Sentence patterns with Outmanned

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

confederacy was outmanned and outgunned 1× forces are outmanned and outgunned 1× harassed the outmanned colonials 1× of heavily outmanned people trying 1× outgunned and outmanned ranks 1× pressing against outmanned ukrainian soldiers 1× to an outmanned opponent 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

maybe lsu just 1× robert morris final 1× the confederacy was 1× the president acknowledged 1× while the ukrainian 1×

Common sentence endings:

an outmanned opponent 1× and outmanned ranks 1× as anything else 1× into battlefield paralysis 1× sought urgent changes 1× the outmanned colonials 1×

Words around Outmanned

Just before it in the word index:

outmaneuvering 5 outmaneuvered 20 outmaneuver 26 outman 14 outlying 128 outloud 7

Just after it in the word index:

outmanoeuvered 2 outmanoeuvre 5 outmanoeuvred 10 outmanoeuvring 4 outmatch 11 outmatched 31

Similar in corpus frequency:

aad 10 aadhar 10 aaro 10 abels 10 abidin 10 abidine 10

Corpus analysis for Outmanned

  • In this selection, "outmanned" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, heavily, people, ukrainian and opponent stand out and add context to how "outmanned" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include confederacy was outmanned and outgunned and forces are outmanned and outgunned. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "outmanned" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with outmanned

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The Confederacy was outmanned and outgunned by their Union adversaries throughout the war. (13 words)

Maybe LSU just did what it should have done to an outmanned opponent. (13 words)

The president acknowledged there were issues with staffing and “morale” within Ukraine’s often outgunned and outmanned ranks. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

Still, some of the best entries——have been when the series goes for the meat-and-potatoes angle of heavily outmanned people trying to avoid the creature as much as anything else. (32 words)

After over a year of deadlocked trench warfare, with Russia's army relentlessly pressing against outmanned Ukrainian soldiers across the sprawling front, Kyiv has sought urgent changes. (27 words)

Robert Morris’ final homestand of the season began Thursday night with a whimper as another in a steady parade of Horizon League heavyweights harassed the outmanned Colonials. (27 words)

Example sentences (7)

Still, some of the best entries——have been when the series goes for the meat-and-potatoes angle of heavily outmanned people trying to avoid the creature as much as anything else.

The Confederacy was outmanned and outgunned by their Union adversaries throughout the war.

After over a year of deadlocked trench warfare, with Russia's army relentlessly pressing against outmanned Ukrainian soldiers across the sprawling front, Kyiv has sought urgent changes.

Maybe LSU just did what it should have done to an outmanned opponent.

Robert Morris’ final homestand of the season began Thursday night with a whimper as another in a steady parade of Horizon League heavyweights harassed the outmanned Colonials.

The president acknowledged there were issues with staffing and “morale” within Ukraine’s often outgunned and outmanned ranks.

While the Ukrainian forces are outmanned and outgunned by the Russians, they hope to bleed the enemy into battlefield paralysis.

Common combinations with outmanned

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "outmanned" in a sentence?
An example: "Still, some of the best entries——have been when the series goes for the meat-and-potatoes angle of heavily outmanned people trying to avoid the creature as much as anything else." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "outmanned" from authentic English texts.
What does "outmanned" mean?
Outmanned means: simple past and past participle of outman
How many example sentences with "outmanned" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "outmanned", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.