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Definition of Outsparkled
1. outsparkle [v] - See also: outsparkle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outsparkled
Literary usage of Outsparkled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metropolitan (1843)
"... and as the Earl hent over the wan, thin hand, resigned to his lips, a tear
upon its surface outsparkled all the jewels that it wore. ..."
2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1899)
"She had not learned to recognise in the aroma a stimulant to jaded brains and a
restorative of outsparkled wit. She was to live long enough to see her ..."
3. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"Yet when the starry Peacock doth display His train's full Orb, the winged People
all Disgraced into auger and dismay Let their outsparkled plumes sullenly ..."
4. The Dramatic Works of George Farquhar by George Farquhar (1892)
"I compared her necklace with her looks, and the living jewels outsparkled the
dead ones by a million. Dur. But you have owned to me, that abating ..."
5. When we were boys: A Novel by William O'Brien (1890)
"... and the glasses rang, and the pine-logs sparkled, and the laughter and the
wit outsparkled all. Don't tell me that Irish humour departed just as shoes ..."
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