How to Use outwork in a Sentence
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No one will outwork him, or have more of a will to the truth.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
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Do it like everybody else does it and try to outwork them.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
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But nobody was going to outwork me.
—NBC news, 28 Dec. 2025
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Just always having that mind-set that no one is going to outwork me, no one is going to put in more work than me.
—Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2018
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Leaders thriving right now aren’t the ones who outwork everyone else.
—Jason Walker Psyd, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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There should be plenty of chances for Towns to outwork his opposition on the glass tonight.
—Xl Media, cleveland, 23 Apr. 2022
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That's how he's made his name in this league, by just being high motor and being able to outwork who's ever across from him.
—Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 30 Apr. 2018
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Hitters battle the count and find ways to outwork opposing pitchers.
—Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2022
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Future first-round pick because of talent and will outwork everyone in the building.
—Matt Zenitz | [email protected], al, 6 Feb. 2020
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Tszyu has allowed Spence to outwork him in three of the five rounds, and those are the ones the American has won.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
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Morris saw had an ideal frame for a defensive end and a player who outworked everyone else.
—Greg Luca, ExpressNews.com, 12 Sep. 2019
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The man who has tried to outwork everyone to take care of his anomalous body faced a dangerous anomaly anyway.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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Her calling cards as a coach are discipline and outworking everyone else.
—David Hinojosa, ExpressNews.com, 30 Dec. 2019
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Your entire team will have to outwork and outhustle to outpace the competition in the long run.
—John Gallucci Jr, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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His answers usually call back to that creed — to the blue-collar mindset and belief that no one is going to outwork you.
—Tom Green | [email protected], al, 26 Apr. 2021
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The Tide has played poor defense, has had a malfunctioning offense and has been outworked on the backboards.
—Rainer Sabin, AL.com, 9 Feb. 2018
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As a scout, his greatest strength was his tenacity, his ability to outwork everybody.
—K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 9 Sep. 2017
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The champ had made a name for himself at heavyweight by staying on the outside and outworking heavier opponents.
—Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 18 Feb. 2020
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The Heat can outwork their opponents during normal daytime hours.
—Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Oct. 2019
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And the campaign believes success will come, that O'Rourke is sure to outwork his competitors on the ground.
—CBS News, 19 July 2019
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But he was outworked by Pacquiao and, by his own admission, beaten by a man in better condition.
—Chris Mannix, SI.com, 22 July 2019
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But no one could outwork my dad, who prided himself on working up to 12 hours per day, seven days per week, well into his 70s.
—Jodie Briggs, Longreads, 27 Mar. 2018
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The Tigers pride themselves on playing good defense and simply outworking an opponent.
—Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 26 June 2017
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The Pacers outworked the Cavs, out-hustled them and – yes indeed, this definitely needs to be a word – out-cared them.
—Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2018
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The Red Wings were frustrated after being outworked by the Canucks in a 5-1 loss.
—Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2019
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The first half ended with the Heat outworking them to a four-shot possession, grabbing some of those offensive rebounds on the bounce.
—Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle, 22 Jan. 2018
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Critics are trying to put out what Hilgemann called a false narrative that Screnock's team was outworked by the Democrats.
—Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2018
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Even with the uncontrollable challenges of injuries, the Knights still outwork most of their opponents on defense.
—Shannon Green, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 Feb. 2018
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Blashill said the Wings talked in training camp of trying to separate themselves from other teams by outworking opponents.
—George Sipple, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2017
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Ohio State also got outworked consistently for what felt like the first time in a while, certainly the first time in Big Ten play.
—Bill Landis, cleveland.com, 16 Feb. 2018
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Jay will listen, outwork anyone, and will act with the highest of ethical standards.
—Houston Chronicle, 30 June 2018
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Even a nobody-outworks-me guy like Fred Warner will strive to get 9 ½ hours of shuteye per night.
—Matt Barrows, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2026
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Ed practiced his players three times a day, because his opening game opponent was working out his team twice a day, and Ed was gonna outwork that guy.
—Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 24 July 2019
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Vegas would like nothing more than to outwork and outhustle Winnipeg, win the neutral zone and score timely goals to win another series.
—Tim Hackett, SI.com, 11 May 2018
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While none of the four will start out on scholarship all four have taken the gamble to bet on themselves, outwork and outplay scholarship prospects and earn a free education and playing time on Saturdays.
—oregonlive, 29 Apr. 2021
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But McGregor actually does outwork boxing’s ultimate defenseman and squeak out a decision, then give him every belt in the every sport.
—Mike Dyce, SI.com, 22 June 2017
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As a businessman Huizenga was famously disciplined and demanding, determined to outwork competitors and inspire employees.
—Mike Clary, Sun-Sentinel.com, 23 Mar. 2018
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Each can lock up players now and not have to spend time re-recruiting them into February, which will allow more time to potentially zero in on a few key players and outwork other programs to maybe lure those bigger fish before February.
—Gentry Estes, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2017
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