How to Use outsmart in a Sentence

outsmart

verb

• The government must gather large amounts of information in order to outsmart its enemies.
• So, how to outsmart the crowds?
  — Maya Silver, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2023
• Williams did not play the cool heel or try to outsmart everyone.
  — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
• The duo’s efforts to outsmart her keep the plot zipping along.
  — Monitor Contributors, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2025
• This is a game of pirate fun, gold coins, and outsmarting your friends.
  — Jenny Williams, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2012
• Teams will race, run, eat, think and outsmart each other to the finish line.
  — 'sam' Boyer/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 1 June 2017
• The goal isn’t to outsmart wildfire season.
  — Ryan Brennan may 19, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
• Find out who outsmarts the rest by tuning in live tonight with a free trial of Fubo.
  — oregonlive, 8 May 2023
• Those who reach their long-horizon goals aren’t the ones who outsmarted the market.
  — Matthew Gaffey, Forbes.com, 19 Feb. 2026
• Your goal is to get five of these chips on the board, which isn’t easy when your partner is trying to outsmart you.
  — Lindsay Tigar, CNN Underscored, 6 Apr. 2021
• Teams of four will compete, drive, run, eat, think and outsmart each other to the finish line.
  — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
• Sisyphus had tried to outsmart the Greeks’ rules of the game, and he was punished for his hubris.
  — Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2024
• The series has always been clever in how players can outsmart and game the system.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
• As with so many young adult novels, the kids outsmart the adults by being receptive to new ideas.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 21 May 2022
• Whether or not the owner can outsmart her snack-savvy puppy remains to be shared on their profile.
  — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
• And the scientist also has said the birds are outsmarting us.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
• Here are a few ways to outsmart one of the smartest game birds on the planet—the late-season rooster pheasant.
  — Jarrod Spilger, Field & Stream, 23 Dec. 2019
• The two brawl and Owen manages to outsmart her, knocking her out and locking her in the trunk of her car.
  — Barry Levitt, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
• Or will another player outsmart them both and climb their way to the top to secure the win instead?
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2021
• Doc is there trying to figure out how to outsmart the People Eater.
  — Dalene Rovenstine, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2020
• Yes, robots have the potential to outsmart us and destroy the human race.
  — Alex Williams, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2017
• When the organization behind the heist sniffs him out, he's got to outsmart them.
  — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 6 May 2025
• His edge is not in timing the market or outsmarting high-frequency traders.
  — Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
• The agents must rely on their strengths to outsmart and outlast the Chronicoms.
  — Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2020
• The Pogues still have more treasures to hunt and bad guys to outsmart all while clad in board shorts and bikinis, and a few brewskis deep.
  — Mónica Marie Zorrilla, Variety, 7 Dec. 2021
• With one move, Earn could have made Al a star, if only Clark hadn’t outsmarted him.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 11 May 2018
• The pitcher is trying to fool the hitter; the hitter is trying to outsmart the pitcher.
  — Jeff Rowe, Star Tribune, 8 June 2021
• One of the quickest ways to outsmart the bugs for a little peace of mind is by investing in a pop-up mosquito tent.
  — Jayla Andrulonis, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2021
• Each episode features a different theme, with the experts trying to outsmart the crowd in a battle of brains.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
• But the capitalist mind remains the favorite to outsmart its rivals in the end.
  — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2022