How to Use outwit in a Sentence

outwit

verb

• The fox managed to outwit the hunter by hiding in a tree.
• They thought they had outwitted the new teacher.
• He's got two weapons in his bag of fishing tricks to outwit these light biters.
  — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2021
• Alas, Kendall doesn't quite have the brains to outwit his father.
  — Carrie Wittmer, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Aug. 2019
• And for some shoppers, there’s a thrill in outwitting the stores.
  — Anne D'innocenzio, The Seattle Times, 9 June 2017
• Maduro has in any case outwitted dozens of attempts to depose him over the years.
  — Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
• Were the good guys the amateur traders uniting to outwit the pros?
  — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022
• To dislodge dug-in troops is harder than to outwit an invader out in the open.
  — Josef Joffe, Time, 1 Dec. 2022
• Time and Numbers—there’s no outwitting them.
  — Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
• Here, souls gamble years of their lives with her, daring to outwit Death herself.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
• Here, souls gamble years of their lives with her, daring to outwit Death herself.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
• Third, work with regulators rather than try to outwit or overwhelm them.
  — The Economist, 25 July 2019
• Other thieves have outwitted armed guards and alarm systems or cut through an airport fence or to seize their loot.
  — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 4 Oct. 2016
• The best way to outwit your children is to make sure their devices run the latest system software.
  — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
• Ella of Frell must outwit a litany of evil forces to discover her own agency.
  — Austin Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Nov. 2021
• But if there are games, there must be a games master, and Arisu is determined to outwit him (or her).
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2020
• Smith figured that a person could outwit the pernicious forces of modern life.
  — James Vlahos, GQ, 18 Apr. 2018
• The soil is the same way -- the bad actors are outnumbered and usually outwitted by the good ones.
  — Adrian Higgins, idahostatesman, 23 Aug. 2017
• The tribe has spoken and a new batch of competitors are about to outwit, outplay and outlast each other.
  — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
• But Melissa outwits them all and knocks everyone out by closing the fireplace flue.
  — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Apr. 2025
• To find it, however, Luffy must find a crew, search the seas and outwit treacherous rivals along the way.
  — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 22 July 2023
• Because of him the colonists outwitted and defeated the greatest empire on earth.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
• Bosworth was to play Jack Thornton, the hero who outwits the sultan and wins the heart of the helpless heroine.
  — Longreads, 15 May 2018
• Players are trapped in a dark carnival and have to figure out a way to outwit, outfight or outlast the things in charge to escape.
  — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
• Four rupees mean one Tenali Raman book with its useful stories on how to outwit kings, gurus, and men.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 29 May 2018
• Stevens, a former black-ops soldier with Wakandan ties who seeks to both outwit and beat down T’Challa for the crown.
  — Jamil Smith, TIME.com, 8 Feb. 2018
• Outnumbered, the Jedi must learn to outwit their foes in the impending attack.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
• Folktales are filled with people fighting to survive in forests, steppes, and deserts, and evading and outwitting the wild beasts that dwell within them.
  — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
• Max was having little success trying to outwit the walleye, perch, bass and trout when a friendly, young man named Tyler stepped up to help.
  — Wendy Pramik, USA TODAY, 25 July 2019
• Bob Markle was good at outwitting violators.
  — Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026