outshine
Use Outshine in a sentence
verb (used with object)
2.
to surpass in splendor, ability, achievement, excellence, etc.: a product that outshone all competitors; to outshine one's classmates.
verb (used without object)
3.
to shine out or forth: a small light outshining in the darkness.
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| —vb , -shines, -shining, -shone | |
| 1. | (tr) to shine more brightly than |
| 2. | (tr) to surpass in excellence, beauty, wit, etc |
| 3. | rare (intr) to emit light |
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Example sentences
Instead of supernovae, they found gamma-ray bursts, which for a few seconds can outshine the rest of the sky at these energies.
But while it's overhead, the space station will outshine everything in the evening sky except the moon.
The blasts are so powerful that the supernovae outshine their entire host galaxies for a few days.
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