1 She outbid me for the vase.

2 The retail group outbid all three competitors for space in the shopping centre.

3 The Museum has antagonised rivals by outbidding them for the world's greatest art treasures.

4 Shue outbid three competitors for the painting.

5 Grigsby shocked his rivals, outbidding them with a $ 2. 60 fee for each $ 1, 000 bond sold.

6 Each new capital seemed to be eager to slightly outbid the previous one.

7 Silver said that he feared that if, as reported, Blackburn became involved,[] he feared Leeds may be outbid.

8 Mandru's agent had been outbid, however, and he'd been reluctant to return home empty-handed.

9 The last-minute outbidding by opportunist builders is costing ordinary buyers a small fortune in lost fees.

10 In order to win an election, a party would make extravagant promises, doing so in order to outbid the other party.

11 He would outbid Aristotle Onassis for a jewel and marry the highest-paid film star in the world, twice.

12 Each has been trying to outbid the rest in an attempt to gain market share and so exploit economies of scale.

13 Only weeks ago, Raytheon also outbid Northrop for Texas Instruments' defense operations.

14 Like two poker players, each raises its level of hormonal bidding, until one of them feels outbid, and folds.