outwatched

Spider, doggedly watching Estella, outwatched many brighter insects, and would often uncoil himself and drop at the right nick of time.

Great Expectations 2007

It is something to have outwatched Arcturus, and felt "the sweet influences" of the

Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions John Cowper Powys 1917

He might have outwatched me, though I kept amazingly still, but the hounds were crashing through the underbrush below, and he must needs be off.

The Hills of Hingham Dallas Lore Sharp 1899

In this room he had often outwatched the night, chewing the cud of his wrongs, invoking vengeance upon the thwarter of his hopes, and swearing through his teeth to even the balance between them.

Idolatry A Romance Julian Hawthorne 1890

This was what Helena was thinking of this night, as she outwatched the stars, and knew by his tale half-told that the Dictator would soon be leaving her, in all probability for ever.

The Dictator Justin McCarthy 1871

What Die did on that night; whether she merely "slept on the proposal," like a wise, well-in-hand, self-controlled woman; whether she outwatched the moon, plying herself with arguments, forcing herself to overcome her deadly sick loathing at the leap, nobody knows.

Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Sarah Tytler 1870

So, the Spider, doggedly watching Estella, outwatched many brighter insects, and would often uncoil himself and drop at the right nick of time.

Great Expectations Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1861

So, the Spider, doggedly watching Estella, outwatched many brighter insects, and would often uncoil himself and drop at the right nick of time.

Great Expectations 1860

The morning, the grey cold morning, came at last; he had outwatched the stars, and listened to the matins of the waking birds.

Henrietta Temple A Love Story Benjamin Disraeli 1842

Estella, outwatched many brighter insects, and would often uncoil himself and drop at the right nick of time.

Great Expectations Charles Dickens 1841