Explore Outplaying through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Outplaying meaning
present participle and gerund of outplay
Using Outplaying
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of outplay
- In the example corpus, outplaying often appears in combinations such as: outplaying the, by outplaying, after outplaying.
Context around Outplaying
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Outplaying
- In this selection, "outplaying" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, methodical, analytics, championship, nine, carolina and novak stand out and add context to how "outplaying" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include addition to outplaying everyone he and after outplaying its opponent. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "outplaying" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with outplaying
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Today, at 3-0 I felt like we were outplaying them still. (12 words)
Artie Matthews recalled the "delight" the St. Louis players took in outplaying Joplin. (13 words)
More importantly, they’ve maintained their gold standard analytics, outplaying nine of their previous 11 opponents. (16 words)
He lost his opening match of the round-robin stage against Dominic Thiem but after beating Matteo Berrettini and then outplaying Novak Djokovic he was tipped against to win his first title at the season-ending championships since 2011. (39 words)
Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh clinched his first win over defending champion Ding Liren in the World Chess Championship, outplaying the Chinese on time control in the third round to draw level on points here on Wednesday. (36 words)
The Cricket Carnival culminated with the grand Road Parade on Monday – one day after the Guyana Amazon Warriors had clinched their first CPL title by outplaying the Trinbago Knight Riders. (30 words)
Example sentences (13)
Denver, the top seed in the West for virtually the entire year, has been disciplined and methodical, outplaying the Lakers on both ends in all three games thus far.
More importantly, they’ve maintained their gold standard analytics, outplaying nine of their previous 11 opponents.
The Cricket Carnival culminated with the grand Road Parade on Monday – one day after the Guyana Amazon Warriors had clinched their first CPL title by outplaying the Trinbago Knight Riders.
Today, at 3-0 I felt like we were outplaying them still.
Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh clinched his first win over defending champion Ding Liren in the World Chess Championship, outplaying the Chinese on time control in the third round to draw level on points here on Wednesday.
In other words, there’s no path to Boston for a lefty defenseman right now outside of thoroughly outplaying their teammates.
The Kings lost for the fourth time in five games, but the team wasn’t entirely frustrated after outplaying Carolina for most of the game’s final 40 minutes.
He lost his opening match of the round-robin stage against Dominic Thiem but after beating Matteo Berrettini and then outplaying Novak Djokovic he was tipped against to win his first title at the season-ending championships since 2011.
After ‘outplaying’ its opponent but failing to capture the win for the second-straight game, Syracuse is still looking to find consistency as the season reaches its midpoint.
Bengaluru Bulls earned the bragging rights in the southern derby, outplaying Tamil Thalaivas 44-35 in the Vivo Pro Kabaddi Season 6 here on Wednesday.
Novak Djokovic proved conclusively he remains one of the biggest beasts in men's tennis by outplaying South African giant Kevin Anderson to claim a fourth Wimbledon title on Sunday.
All the musicians respected him because, in addition to outplaying everyone, he knew so much and was so generous with that knowledge..
Artie Matthews recalled the "delight" the St. Louis players took in outplaying Joplin.
Common combinations with outplaying
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- outplaying the 3×
- by outplaying 2×
- after outplaying 2×
- outplaying its 2×