How to use outlive in a sentence

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• There are those who try to outlive their means while others just stay in their lane.2015, Daniel Steverson, The Blackening White, page 30. From the entry stay in one's lane
• As an example of how long Keynes’ influence has outlived the man himself, President Richard M.1973, Rose L. Martin, “High Finance in a Changing World”, in The Selling of America, Santa Monica, Calif.: Fidelis Publishers Inc., →LCCN…. From the entry centibillion
• The paninaro trend petered out but the McDonald's outlived Garavani.2026 April 4, Marc C O'Flaherty, “‘Fashion never got better than that’”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times…. From the entry paninaro
• Essentially stoic, passive characters, Kristina and the others triumph by surviving — by outliving their plagues and tribulations.2009 September 24, Richard Corliss, “Kristina: A new musical from the ABBA guys”, in Time, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2016. From the entry tribulation
• Though Aunt Maud had always maintained she was not long for this world, she outlived all her generation.2006, Richard Peck, The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts, page 188. From the entry not long for this world
• COBOL software appears to be slightly outliving COBOL programmers.2002 December 17, Topmind, “The problem COBOL programmers have moving to objects”, in comp.object (Usenet), retrieved 23 Dec 2022. From the entry COBOLer
• Thus, the entire procedure of adjudication by the commission has become a farce and a travesty, which has outlived its usefulness.1984 February 4, Franklin Kameny, quotee, “A Call For Reorganization”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 2. From the entry adjudication
• The duration of a person’s life is a mystery, and thousands of cancer patients have outlived or underlived their estimated life expectancy.1996, Charles M. Washington, Dennis Leaver, chapter 1, in Principles and Practice of Radiation Therapy, 4th edition, St. Louis, MO…. From the entry underlive
• Her research has also found that men are more likely to re-partner after a gray divorce, partly because women tend to outlive them, shrinking the pool of available partners.2026 June 22, Catherine Pearson, “Older Adults Are No Longer Staying in ‘Empty Shell’ Marriages”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry gray divorce
• The sanitaries of the Washington school have outlived their usefulness, the odor from them and their surroundings being very offensive, and in my opinion injurious to pupils and teachers.1904, Municipal Register of the City of Waterbury, page 34. From the entry sanitaries
• Our son is slain, let us riot in battle; my eager love for him driveth me to my death, that I may not be left outliving my dear child.1900-1909', Oliver Elton, The Danish History online. From the entry driveth

Meaning of outlive

1. verb To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.
2. verb To live through or past (a given time).
3. verb To surpass in duration; outlast.

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Questions about outlive in a sentence

How do you use outlive in a sentence?

Outlive is used as a verb. For example: “There are those who try to outlive their means while others just stay in their lane.”

What is a short sentence with outlive?

“COBOL software appears to be slightly outliving COBOL programmers.”

What does outlive mean?

Outlive means to live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.