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How to use outstay in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word outstay? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
But there may be stronger forces pulling at CEOs to outstay their usefulness.
Yet, somehow, this time, he had a nagging suspicion that she very much wanted to outstay her welcome.
It doesn't outstay its welcome and rather than wind down at the end it just stops abruptly.
It's funny, plausible, harmless, yet spiky with hints of danger, and it doesn't outstay its welcome.
Although he argues that there is little local support for the Taliban, many believe that the insurgents will outstay the foreign forces.
Thousands of visitors outstay their visas and disappear into the anonymity of the multi-ethnic suburbs that surround most French towns.
You can outstay your welcome, you can be ordinary, you can be a shadow of your former self.
It lasted barely three years, fading out, at the end of 1966, before it could outstay its welcome – like the sharp singles it helped to promote.
Some of the band's endless jams have as many false endings as a Lord of the Rings movie, but Matthews and co did not outstay their welcome.
For everyone else, this is a good fill-in for the summer, but it may outstay its welcome by the time Labor Day rolls around.
Instead, this youth-oriented horse opera was left in a barn for two years, long enough for the Dawson Creek's star to outstay his welcome in the pages of Teen People.
Is it true that I can no longer wheel clamp or tow away vehicles which park illegally or outstay their welcome?
He is ideally suited by the track's stiff uphill finish and can outstay the likes of Noir Et Vert, The Falklander and Senor Alco.
Even Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye doesn't outstay its welcome, and the addition of Leon Russell's lovely A Song For You is the icing on the Eccles Cake.
Examples from Classical Literature
As he had entered the office first, it was in order for me to outstay him, which I did.
He meant to outstay the rest, for he wished to speak with Wetmore alone, and it seemed as though those people would never go.
With that knowledge, surely with that in his mind, he could outstay their patience.
Theodore pulled out his watch, that he might not outstay his appointment.
He seems right hospitable, but I don't reckon I'll outstay my welcome.
Spicca was very patient, but evidently determined to outstay Orsino.
He tried to outstay Mr. Sherman last night, but he didn't manage it.
She was most anxious on this first occasion not to outstay her welcome.
He had pledged himself so faithfully not to outstay the first attack!
Come, Josie,' said thoughtful Bess, fearing to outstay their welcome.
Then, as he was turning over means by which he could speak to her alone, she rose, and he was taken by surprise, for he had counted on the fact that she would outstay Denham.
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