Examples of 'were outnumbered' in a sentence

Meaning of "were outnumbered"

This phrase is used to describe a situation in which one group or side has a smaller quantity or number of people compared to another group or side. It implies that the group with fewer people is at a disadvantage or is less likely to succeed

How to use "were outnumbered" in a sentence

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were outnumbered
You said they were outnumbered two to one.
Conservatives have the majority and we were outnumbered.
They were outnumbered by more than nine to one.
I got the impression we were outnumbered a hundred to one.
We were outnumbered and forced to fly low.
The police did nothing since they were outnumbered.
You were outnumbered and they were armed.
One we used to use when we were outnumbered on my last boat.
They were outnumbered three to one.
But they too were outnumbered.
We were outnumbered and taken by surprise.
And soon physicians were outnumbered by surgeons.
We were outnumbered there was nothing we could do.
They lost the war because they were outnumbered.
The sailors were outnumbered and easily overwhelmed.

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You faced them even though you were outnumbered.
The mercenaries were outnumbered thousands to one.
This was lucky for us because we were outnumbered.
The protesters were outnumbered by their opponents.
There was a clear recruitment of young people and adults were outnumbered.
The remaining crew men were outnumbered and had to surrender.
We were outnumbered and had to escape.
British forces were outnumbered.
You were outnumbered a hundred to one.
Those guys were trained soldiers and we were outnumbered back there.
You were outnumbered three to one.
I would say you were outnumbered.
They were outnumbered seven to four.
The soldiers did not intervene with civilians as they were outnumbered.
But we were outnumbered in defeat.
At first the women thought we did it but then they were outnumbered.
We were outnumbered and out of ammunition.
The tribes started attacking at dawn and we were outnumbered.
They were outnumbered by older voters who turned out in droves.
Greatly his troops were outnumbered.
We were outnumbered four to one.
Police arrived but were outnumbered.
We were outnumbered and outgunned.
The officers finally had to withdraw because they were outnumbered.
We were outnumbered for months.
Our troops were outnumbered.
They were outnumbered drastically and were split up into several different columns.
It was easy to see that they were outnumbered by tens of thousands of troops.
They were outnumbered and outgunned in the first few days of combat.
Most of the commondos offered little or no resistance since they knew they were outnumbered.
We were outnumbered five to one.
McCloud must have had them convinced they were outnumbered.
We were outnumbered ten to one.
Widmore says that he and Cunningham were outnumbered when captured.
We were outnumbered three to one.

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