How To Use Outnumber In A Sentence

  • Developers and speculators were left holding thousands of new unsold condos creating the greatest buyer's market ever experienced in this part of the world, i.e. the supply (glut) of new condos far outnumbers the demand. Herd Mentality As it Applies to Real Estate in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
  • The numerous and lukewarm group outnumber the rabid partisans on both sides, though.
  • The action on a Harrow mosque again saw the chunky thugs in Lenin's term comprehensively outnumbered and outmanoeuvred Sonic Truth
  • Older buildings still outnumber newer constructions unlike so many Thai towns and cities.
  • Women who undergo cosmetic surgery still far outnumber their male counterparts.
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  • The five left were upgraded to business class - and outnumbered two to one by the cabin crew. The Sun
  • As I say, regardless of what was contained in the Revised Criminal Code, as usual, the yeas would easily outnumber the nays at the end of the day.
  • Thankfully, the good people outnumber the bad! The Sun
  • Though outnumbered four to one, the commando fighters cleared the entire headland. The Times Literary Supplement
  • Once again we are reminded that the capital of the most powerful democratic nation on the globe is a one party town: Democrats rule, by outnumbering Republicans 10-1 in registered voters. DeMorning DeBonis: Nov. 2, 2010
  • The owl will be heavily outnumbered. Times, Sunday Times
  • Intact blisters tend to outnumber erosions in pemphigoid, while the reverse is true of the more superficial blisters occurring in pemphigus.
  • Human beings here are vastly outnumbered by animals. Times, Sunday Times
  • The trick is to be wise enough to know the highs will probably be outnumbered by hitches. Times, Sunday Times
  • They don't volley at all, unless they outnumber you," said La Fayette. He Don't Know Him
  • Why don't non-Narten stems outnumber Narten ones which have marked vocalic length? Where do Narten presents come from?
  • We always outnumber and outpower them with our weapons but they keep coming back. Afstan: Spinning madly to declare defeat
  • In the Local Group, as elsewhere in the Universe, however, dwarf galaxies outnumber their larger, shapelier cousins, such as the Milky Way, the Andromeda and the Triangulum galaxies. Straight From the Island of Misfit Galaxies: Barnard | Universe Today
  • We found ourselves hopelessly outnumbered by the enemy.
  • So was the atmosphere in the National Stadium on April 22, with gun-toting and decidedly edgy cops and soldiers just about outnumbering the spectators.
  • Girls, allegedly timorous and lacking in confidence, now outnumber boys in student government, in honor societies, on school newspapers, and in debating clubs.
  • But they are vastly outnumbered by packs of a more workaday character.
  • The Spanish were hopelessly outnumbered in the battle.
  • Madrasas now outnumber secondary schools, according to Anupam Sen, the vice chancellor of a new private university in Chittagong, who also told me that a new class of society is emerging that is “globally Islamic” rather than “specifically Bengali.” Waterworld
  • Twelve years into the new century, the traditional Scottish family of ma, pa and the wean or weans will be outnumbered by men living alone, also by women living alone, and above all by two adults without children.
  • We don't find Achilles any the less interesting because we doubt the ability of any degenerate modern to calmly destroy such outnumbering hosts of his fellow beings, and send such a throng of warrior souls to hades without scath or scar to his invulnerable self. The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
  • Recent data from Thomson Financial gives us an idea of just how blatant that "buy" rating bias is -- analyst buy calls outnumber "sell" calls almost 7 to 1. Fool.com: The Motley Fool
  • In fact, in absolute numbers, I'll bet those fleeing the creationism label outnumber the biologists, too. Darwinism, What's the Appeal?
  • On Warren Avenue, where signs in Arabic outnumber those in English, other residents said they doubted the CIA would find many willing recruits in Dearborn. Undefined
  • Reporters outnumbered guests at the political gathering.
  • Add up all the lions, elephants, warthogs, giraffes, gazelles, zebras, impalas, topis and hyenas that live on these plains and they fail to outnumber the gnus.
  • At the same time the memorandum was written, fighter squadrons routinely found themselves outnumbered by bombers by five or ten to one. FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940
  • Do you really think it wise to attack them here and when we are so evidently outnumbered? Man of Honour
  • In Britain, there are numerous Roman-period cemeteries in which men greatly outnumber women.
  • My guess is that alligators and water moccasins outnumber race fans in the Homestead area, which is south of Miami.
  • His business failures vastly outnumber the successes. The Sun
  • There were so many choir wannabes that they filled the choir platform, the stalls and the circle seats - and outnumbered the audience confined to the upper galleries.
  • They were 3-9 on the season and their play got more lackluster as the season grew on and rainouts outnumbered actual played games.
  • Those calling for action outnumbered people against air strikes by 59 per cent against 25 per cent. The Sun
  • If you don't do something now, you're going to be outnumbered and outvoted in your own country.
  • As to whether the number of cardinals has increased or not in your yards, the nays slightly outnumbered the yeas and ‘no changes.’
  • In areas where the elderly population already outnumbers other age groups, the authorities have begun taking action.
  • But conservationists were outnumbered on the committee appointed to deal with land conservation.
  • I would be willing to bet a substantial sum that the number of Nobel Prize winners in physics who graduated from one high school, namely the Bronx School of Science outnumbers the number who graduated from all Utah high schools put together. Matthew Yglesias » Hatch: “Utah is Going to Get By Fine” Without Stimulus Money
  • The former outnumber the latter by about a hundred to one.
  • The Greeks seeing they were outnumbered hauled in their sail and began to turn the prow of their craft seaward.
  • We were outnumbered and outgunned, and there was no prospect of help coming. Times, Sunday Times
  • People aged over 60 outnumber under-16s for the first time and the number of over-85s has increased fivefold to 1.1 million since 1951.
  • And many, many wars were won because the music confused the enemy, although we were outnumbered. Christianity Today
  • Don't think we could buy being outnumbered, outgunned, outranged AND in a crossfire... LEVERAGE: The 13th Step is "Shut Up About It Already."
  • The eastern provinces of the former Roman Empire had always outnumbered those in the west.
  • In the 20th century, immigration to the Arctic has increased dramatically, to the point where nonindigenous persons outnumber indigenous ones in many regions. The Arctic~ geography, climate, ecology, and people
  • Advances were outnumbered by declines as nine shares advanced while 14 declined.
  • They were not outnumbered, but they were outmatched.
  • Judging by his alchemy and religious writings, which considerably outnumber those concerned with scientific matters, he clearly believed that some of these questions were answerable by other methods.
  • The crowd of surprisingly young visitors staring earnestly at this great painting seemed to outnumber people in the rest of the museum. Times, Sunday Times
  • It's now estimated that by 2010,(Sentence dictionary) children in stepfamilies will actually outnumber those living with two biological parents.
  • Taking direct fire, and outnumbered, he pressed forward, firing his M9 pistol at enemy forces.
  • There were just a few doleful looking people sitting in chairs who were outnumbered by the armed security guards protecting the X-Ray machine and metal detector while striving to provide quality service to their customers.
  • She, apparently, also has noticed that I am hopelessly outnumbered and outvoted.
  • We found ourselves hopelessly outnumbered by the enemy.
  • At home, although the man in our house is outnumbered 3: 1, I would say that the women speak a disproportionate amount of the time (none of usis agreat chatterer, though, our house is more likely to be silent rather than filled with conversation by either gender). March 2009
  • In real life, the battle that ensued at Agincourt became known for the dominance of English longbows; common tellings hold that the longbowmen were massively outnumbered by the French, and that their victory was consequently a pretty big deal. Tudors / Elizabeth Writer Aims at Agincourt | /Film
  • It should come as no surprise as our graphic shows how foreign players outnumber home-grown stars in the top flight this season. The Sun
  • Male online shoppers outnumber women, accounting for 55 percent.
  • Male passengers seemed to outnumber women about three to one, by my rough calculation.
  • Arsenal fans were outnumbered but never outsung in the first half, and their celebrations were wild and loud. Times, Sunday Times
  • It's now full of empty pages, but I'll outnumber them by written ones, just you wait and see just you wait.
  • We can imagine Harald, then 51, towering over the battlefield, fighting the English to the last, outnumbered and underequipped, his giant battleaxe glinting with the spilled blood of his enemies. The Last Viking Warrior | Heretical Ideas Magazine
  • Lauren and I went to Osteria tonight and the waiters outnumbered the customers.
  • They are now easily outnumbered by exotic supercars and luxurious limousines from that era. Times, Sunday Times
  • Intact blisters outnumber erosions because these bullae are not easily unroofed.
  • In August 1940, the German bombers and escorting fighters outnumbered the defenders by about three to one.
  • The parish statistics show that 18 parishioners died during the year and there were 49 baptisms with the girls outnumbering the boys by almost 25 per cent.
  • They were heavily outnumbered and outgunned. The Sun
  • Scottish accents could still be heard amid the Australian babel, but the immigrants were far outnumbered by the Australian-born claiming Scots origin.
  • Laurium was one area of Attica where slaves probably outnumbered the free population.
  • Their inhabitants were outnumbered by the numbers living in seaports, dockyard towns, and regional centres.
  • I was surprised that the passengers detraining here far outnumbered those boarding.
  • There are places where the funniness grates, but they are outnumbered by the quips that make you laugh aloud at their appositeness, not merely to 1793 but to our current condition.
  • In sheer bulk of biomass, organisms without brains or even without central nervous systems far outnumber those possessing these desirable features.
  • Police officers on the beat are now outnumbered in several areas by private security workers.
  • Human beings here are vastly outnumbered by animals. Times, Sunday Times
  • The media were unanimous, and they outnumbered and outgunned a single presidential adviser. WALL GAMES
  • In 1999, Scotland recorded the largest ever natural decrease in the population since records began in 1855, with deaths outnumbering births by more than 5000.
  • Women outnumber men by three to one in residential care.
  • The owl will be heavily outnumbered. Times, Sunday Times
  • Job market pessimists outnumbered optimists by the widest margin in more than seven years, according to the February report.
  • Because minuscules are generally later than uncials, and also because they were easier to produce, minuscule copies outnumber uncials of the New Testament in a ratio of ten to one.
  • These colonials were outnumbered roughly two to one by ex-slaves, most of whom were of Madagascan origin.
  • And his free-standing essays outnumber his movie reviews.
  • The five left were upgraded to business class - and outnumbered two to one by the cabin crew. The Sun
  • The crowd of surprisingly young visitors staring earnestly at this great painting seemed to outnumber people in the rest of the museum. Times, Sunday Times
  • The rebels were not only outnumbered but outclassed in weapons, being themselves heavily dependent upon broadswords and shields while their enemies had muskets and bayonets and above all artillery.
  • Other elements of the Mycenaean drinking set were found in small quantities in the subsidiary rooms, but these were greatly outnumbered by the indigenous forms, in particular the Base Ring carinated cup.
  • A new pet census showed that cats now outnumber dogs by a whisker .
  • In this profession, women outnumber men by two to one .
  • The activity is part of a bullish pattern so far in CIEN, where calls outnumber puts by more than 8 to 1 in the session. SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • The few thousand rebel fighters of the western mountains are heavily outnumbered and outgunned. Times, Sunday Times
  • HIT sitcom Outnumbered is set to end after a fifth and final series. The Sun
  • Oversized, oversexed and over here - the American grey squirrel has largely displaced its indigenous cousin since arriving in the 19th century and now outnumbers it 66 to one.
  • What many liberals haven't grasped is the number of "insured," will dramatically outnumber the available doctors and facilities .... and wait times, quailty of service and competency in medical decisions will suffer. First on the CNN Ticker: RNC slams Obama in first TV ad
  • The few thousand rebel fighters of the western mountains are heavily outnumbered and outgunned. Times, Sunday Times
  • Democrat votes outnumber Repub by about 2.5: 1 (so far) so it seems probable that R turnout is at least as high as D turnout, if not higher. Illinois/FL-19 primary results. | RedState
  • It is a key prediction of this chapter that in the future analogue computers will outnumber digital ones.
  • The crowd of surprisingly young visitors staring earnestly at this great painting seemed to outnumber people in the rest of the museum. Times, Sunday Times
  • They were heavily outnumbered and outgunned. The Sun
  • Though outnumbered four to one, the commando fighters cleared the entire headland. The Times Literary Supplement
  • They were heavily outnumbered and outgunned. The Sun
  • The RAF was outnumbered by the Luftwaffe, and radar saved already-stretched Fighter Command from having to maintain constant air surveillance. Feb. 26, 1935: Radar, the Invention That Saved Britain
  • As I say, regardless of what was contained in the Revised Criminal Code, as usual, the yeas would easily outnumber the nays at the end of the day.
  • Human beings here are vastly outnumbered by animals. Times, Sunday Times
  • While the rate of white tenancy increased in the period covered, black croppers still outnumbered white.
  • Yet, the nouveau riche are vastly outnumbered by a huge underclass of desperately poor people.
  • His business failures vastly outnumber the successes. The Sun
  • So it is that, while Faldo outnumbers him six to five in terms of majors won, it is the man from Pedrena whom history will anoint the more significant.
  • And many, many wars were won because the music confused the enemy, although we were outnumbered. Christianity Today
  • A large number of micro-organisms cause ARD with viruses outnumbering bacteria.
  • The collective wisdom of cyclists is that the wind is always against you and that uphill slopes inexplicably outnumber downhill ones.
  • And many, many wars were won because the music confused the enemy, although we were outnumbered. Christianity Today
  • Though outnumbered four to one, the commando fighters cleared the entire headland. The Times Literary Supplement
  • On the cattle stations, an industry vital to Queensland, Aboriginal stockmen outnumbered white stockmen by 5 or 6 to 1.
  • There is also the issue of the potential for an institutionalised gerrymander, as recipients of various forms of government transfer payments outnumber those who actually pay any income tax.
  • Some complained that even in the supposedly autonomous prefectures of Qinghai, signs in Chinese outnumber those in Tibetan. Tibetans hopeful for Dalai Lama's return and help preserving their culture
  • Perhaps if there were 10,000 protesters we could have marched on the building itself, but with the police almost outnumbering the protesters there was never a chance.
  • At a public hearing last week, speakers against the proposal outnumbered the supporters and criticized the use of traps and bolt guns as cruel.
  • It's a place where polar bears outnumber people and the snowmobile tracks could be better, frankly. Times, Sunday Times
  • Most of the pirates were on the merchant ship, and the good merchant sailors were greatly outnumbered.
  • Oversized, oversexed and over here - the American grey squirrel has largely displaced its indigenous cousin since arriving in the 19th century and now outnumbers it 66 to one.
  • Until the late summer the Bolsheviks were outnumbered by moderate socialists in most popular forums.
  • But there was an unequal ratio with male students outnumbering their female counterparts in preferring Australia for taking up higher education.
  • It's a place where polar bears outnumber people and the snowmobile tracks could be better, frankly. Times, Sunday Times
  • In Los Angeles our supporters outnumbered Operation Rescue demonstrators three to one and kept a planned clinic blockade from even getting started.
  • At home, although the man in our house is outnumbered 3: 1, I would say that the women speak a disproportionate amount of the time (none of usis agreat chatterer, though, our house is more likely to be silent rather than filled with conversation by either gender). Sarah Paretsky and voices of women
  • The question remains, why would males outnumber females in northern Mexico and southern Central America, but be outnumbered by females in intervening areas?
  • The nostalgic popple lovers are outnumbering the nerdy tribble lovers . I’m in ur cabinet bein a popple - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
  • What is CP violation and how does it explain the fact that matter outnumbers antimatter in the universe?
  • The few thousand rebel fighters of the western mountains are heavily outnumbered and outgunned. Times, Sunday Times
  • When asked if it's intimidating to undertake a play that boasts such a rich production track record on stage and on the big screen, he is quick to underline that the theatric opportunities outnumber the pitfalls.
  • Add up all the lions, elephants, warthogs, giraffes, gazelles, zebras, impalas, topis and hyenas that live on these plains and they fail to outnumber the gnus.
  • Add up all the lions, elephants, warthogs, giraffes, gazelles, zebras, impalas, topis and hyenas that live on these plains and they fail to outnumber the gnus.
  • The owl will be heavily outnumbered. Times, Sunday Times
  • It will be noted that singulars far outnumber plurals, also that the cherished object is overwhelmingly associated with a speech act participant (mainly the addressee) rather than with a third party.
  • They are now easily outnumbered by exotic supercars and luxurious limousines from that era. Times, Sunday Times
  • The navy's 52 admirals and commodores outnumber serviceable ships by a ratio of six to one.
  • Most of the churches in town have taken the red, white and blue bunting off their facades for Thanksgiving, and by next week Christmas decorations will outnumber American flags.
  • Specimens from living patients vastly outnumber autopsy specimens, and the absence of autolysis makes tissue from living people technically preferable for most purposes.
  • As regards the first argument, it is significant that Socrates nowhere in the dialogue admits any case in which the inappropriate elements in a name outnumber the appropriate ones (hence item 19 in the list of etymological principles, section 3 above). Plato's Cratylus
  • Fortunately for my peace of mind, which you might call self-justification, satisfied reactions to reviews vastly outnumber the rest.
  • In Los Angeles our supporters outnumbered Operation Rescue demonstrators three to one and kept a planned clinic blockade from even getting started.
  • They were outnumbered hugely both by the gentry classes above them, and by the general peasantry below.
  • Just a skeleton midwifery staff heavily outnumbered by expectant mums. The Sun
  • Baseej pro-regime paramilitary outnumbered, just watching people march… am being told that there are injured students stuck in Tehan dorms. surrounded by baseej…. hearing rumours that Mousavi and Khatami are in azadi square now, unconfirmed… @PersianKiwi Is The World’s Most Important Journalist Right Now | ATTACKERMAN
  • If natural-born Bahamians cannot see the fallacy of that statement, then they deserve to be outnumbered by a people smarter than them.
  • And outnumbering all of these veteran activists was a new and energetic generation of young people who had never trusted politicians and were finding their own political voice on the streets of Seattle, Prague and Sao Paulo.
  • The demonstrators were heavily outnumbered by the police.
  • In some cases, there are minor discrepancies between the two tables because antecedents outnumber consequents due to truncation at breaks.
  • The Nubian lances were more than double the length of the Roman javelins, and the Romans were outnumbered three to one.
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  • What's most fascinating is that non-native English speakers now outnumber native English speakers.
  • The rebel leaders had taken the high ground, and as many as 300 strong outnumbered the troops by approximately three to one.
  • Just a skeleton midwifery staff heavily outnumbered by expectant mums. The Sun
  • Thankfully, the good people outnumber the bad! The Sun
  • Taking Sydney, a city much decried for its man shortage, the census shows the number of available men actually outnumbers available women in most age groups.
  • A new pet census showed that cats now outnumber dogs by a whisker .
  • Flats outnumber houses in this area.
  • But then I came here too, and though the cons of the decision greatly outnumbered the pros, at least Halloween was again entertaining.
  • It's certainly a sign of the times when your email outnumbers your postal mail twenty to one.
  • Although such studies are still vastly outnumbered by studies of visual imagery, ˜imagery™ has become the generally accepted term amongst cognitive scientists for quasi-perceptual experience in any sense mode (or any combination of sense modes). His Name Was Do Re Mi
  • The Casino is a bizarre little place, with a single room with a handful of mah-jong and craps tables, as well as a bevvy of bored Chinese croupiers outnumbering gamblers ten to one.
  • A moment later their threatening and belligerent attitude made him realize he and Les were outnumbered and outweighed.
  • No, we must attack now, before he awaits us - catch him unawares, overwhelm his guardsmen - they do not much outnumber you who are here - slay Ermanaric in one quick, clean blow, and afterward call a folkmoot to pick a new king who shall be righteous. Time Patrolman
  • It just shows that the good people in this world far outnumber the evil ones. The Sun
  • And though outnumbered almost three to one, the men were hardly lacking in heft.
  • | En Gaule, etc. Red Beard | Barbe Rousse their hound | Leur molosse outnumbered by them two | submergés par leur nombre de deux Trim the tranbuckles! WN.com - Articles related to Precious metals rally as investors duck volatility
  • Men outnumber women here in the ratio of three to one.
  • It's now estimated that by 2010, children in stepfamilies will actually outnumber those living with two biological parents.
  • The handful of remaining officers were vastly outnumbered by fighters wielding machetes, swords, slingshots, bows and arrows.
  • Red coats on sleek horses are hugely outnumbered by the people who follow in their cars, or on foot.
  • It can be hard to spot the youth of the town these days, outnumbered as they are by steel-haired matrons and ‘trendy’ mums ordering cappuccinos, and at first I wondered what was wrong.
  • These well-meaning exceptions are far outnumbered by blatantly political maps. Times, Sunday Times
  • The pattern of men greatly outnumbering women in Greek migration to Australia persisted until 1956, when a program commenced to redress the imbalance.
  • Though vastly outnumbered, the militants have managed to tie down a dozen Indian army divisions.
  • Those calling for action outnumbered people against air strikes by 59 per cent against 25 per cent. The Sun
  • Systems more numerous than dactyls and spondees in Classic verse, patent putters outnumbered only by howlers in Oxford responsions, bear witness to this graceless statement. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-20
  • Tai-hoey, almost from the first, have outnumbered the foreign. Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D.
  • The trick is to be wise enough to know the highs will probably be outnumbered by hitches. Times, Sunday Times
  • Poetry, being one of those luckless art forms whose practitioners remain in constant danger of outnumbering their audience, is rarely news.
  • The trick is to be wise enough to know the highs will probably be outnumbered by hitches. Times, Sunday Times
  • Flats outnumber houses in this area.
  • And by the fourth issue of Oz the plaudits were beginning to outnumber the brickbats.
  • A new pet census showed that cats now outnumber dogs by a whisker .
  • Married parents could be outnumbered by single parents and cohabiting couples within a generation if current trends continue. Times, Sunday Times
  • Human beings here are vastly outnumbered by animals. Times, Sunday Times
  • A new pet census showed that cats now outnumber dogs by a whisker .
  • The private sector now outnumbers the public for the first time in decades.
  • The objectors seem to have been outnumbered by those who wanted 150 jobs for the area.
  • Single blokes should note that male protesters are currently massively outnumbered by the female ones.
  • The tendency of southerners to outnumber northerners in the army continued to the outbreak of civil war.
  • During Monday's wedding, the media joked that the 100 hired security guards outnumbered guests. They were, said one journalist, like a SWAT team.

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