How To Use Outsail In A Sentence
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We soon perceived that she could outsail our brig and if the wind held would escape.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue
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These, with the exception of one ship, all outsailed them and got safe into
The History of the Peloponnesian War
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Having proven herself as a fast and seaworthy vessel, Fame was able to outsail and capture vessels many times her size.
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Though Ranger “far outsailed” Hussar, Gurley reported, he was able to lose the American ship by making short tacks and sailing into shallow shoal water.
John Paul Jones
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But you can tell he is relishing the idea of beating the odds once again, of working his magic to outsail the most determined big-money assault the Cup has ever seen.
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When the chimes of the campanili had dimmed to a faint cadence, like some unuttered rhythm of thought, as the distance grew between the outsailing fleet and all that pageantry of Venice, two faces stood forth like visions from the bewildering pictures of the morning and dwelt with
The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus
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Before long, he had outsailed all but the fifty-gun ship, when he espied ahead of him the entire English Channel fleet, including twenty-eight ships of the line several of which were three-deckers, and a number of frigates, sloops of war, and cutters, extending in a line southward for about nine miles from the Isle of Wight.
Angel in the Whirlwind
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“It is a losing race,” he said; “no ship can outsail death.”
Mark Twain: A Biography
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To begin with, service on board a privateer was more carefree and democratic, safer since a privateer was generally “so heavily sparred,” writes one historian, “that she could outsail a more powerful vessel”, and more lucrative.
Angel in the Whirlwind
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Fast as the Reindeer could sail, the junk outsailed her; and to avoid running her down I hauled a little closer on the wind.
YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF
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In brief, Effingham and Drake outsailed and outgunned their opponents.
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They outsailed the Roman fleet
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He really felt, right now as he looked at her, that he'd outsailed her and needed another challenge, and anyway, lately he'd been wanting to do more cruising.
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The Athenians perceiving their intention extended their own wing and outsailed them, while their left had by this time passed the point of Cynossema.
The History of the Peloponnesian War
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By noon, Nicholson noted that his ship seemed to ‘greatly outsail’ the enemy and determined to utilize this advantage by moving to windward of the enemy.
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The captain assured her that the ship was good and sturdy and could outsail any storm they ran across, the Bluedrown Sea constantly being relatively peaceful.
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Although the advantage, except in casualties, was on the side of Destouches, he had decided that the British could outsail his fleet, could get into the Chesapeake before him, and that, therefore, it seemed best to return to Newport.
Washington
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The United States held it for many years, but seems to have lost its touch and last year Switzerland outsailed New Zealand in the finals to be the current holder.
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Having proven herself as a fast and seaworthy vessel, Fame was able to outsail and capture vessels many times her size.
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She could outsail her square-rigged pursuers, and she did.
Sharpe's Siege
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If we're to outsmart and outsail the Ilse Witch and her Mwellrets and perhaps do battle with Black Moclips, we have to be at our best.
Antrax
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The Athenians perceiving their intention extended their own right wing and outsailed them, 5 while their left had by this time passed the point of Cynossema.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES
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Tthe latest Pirates installment, outsailed its predecessor.
Depp's 'Pirates' Hauls In Record Bounty For Disney
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The latest Pirates installment, outsailed its predecessor.
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