V. transgress, surpass, pass; go beyond, go by; show in front, come to the front; shoot ahead of; steal a march upon, steal a gain upon. overstep, overpass, overreach, overgo[obs3], override, overleap, overjump[obs3], overskip[obs3], overlap, overshoot the mark; outstrip, outleap, outjump, outgo, outstep[obs3], outrun, outride, outrival, outdo; beat, beat hollow; distance; leave in the lurch, leave in the rear; throw into the shade; exceed, transcend, surmount; soar &c. (rise) 305. encroach, trespass, infringe, trench upon, entrench on, intrench on[obs3]; strain; stretch a point, strain a point; cross the Rubicon.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Such I was, for I do not now make any account of myself, now that I am engaged in the avenues of old age, being already past forty: “Minutatim vires et robur adultum Frangit, et in partem pejorem liquitur aetas:” [“Time by degrees breaks our strength and makes us grow feeble. —“Lucretius, ii. 1131.] what shall be from this time forward, will be but a half-being, and no more me: I every day escape and steal away from myself: “Singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

And the building chorus went on, strident and mirthless under the grey-white sky.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. The Man Of Property by John Galsworthy

Oft a flood Have wee two wept, and so Drownd the whole world, us two; oft did we grow 25 To be two Chaosses, when we did show Care to ought else; and often absences Withdrew our soules, and made us carcasses.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

He stayed outside the wall of the valley of the Blind for two nights and days without food or shelter, and meditated upon the unexpected.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

They regard human nature as a subject of speculation; and with a narrow scrutiny examine it, in order to find those principles, which regulate our understanding, excite our sentiments, and make us approve or blame any particular object, action, or behaviour.
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

She said he was a precious chosen vessel; a sweet ointment and precious box of spikenard; and made use of a great number more phrases that I could not understand; but one thing was clear in the midst of all this jargon, that the good soul loved her son still, and thought and prayed day and night for her wild Redmond.
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

“A simple one,” said Ada, mournfully: “Uncle Gray, you might have bound me to you by the ties of such dear affection that I should have smiled upon my bondage, and obedience without inquiry would have seemed to me a pleasant virtue.”
— from Ada, the Betrayed; Or, The Murder at the Old Smithy. A Romance of Passion by James Malcolm Rymer

We must fight the battles that need to be fought, not those that terrorists prefer from us: large-scale deployments that drain our strength and may ultimately feed extremism.
— from State of the Union Addresses of Barack Obama, 2009-2016 by Barack Obama

It is impossible to form a correct idea of such a march unless you have made one yourself.
— from The Pirates of the Prairies: Adventures in the American Desert by Gustave Aimard

The proclamation that Kościuszko addressed to the Lithuanian soldiers, found later in his handwriting among his letters, bears its own testimony to the soul of the leader who, in the face of strong armies marching upon his doomed nation, would give no entrance to despair or discouragement.
— from Kościuszko A Biography by Monica M. (Monica Mary) Gardner

"We lived together always as children, and were only separated at my uncle's death, three years ago.
— from The Unclassed by George Gissing

A sad depression of spirits, a most unaccountable nervousness; from which I have been partially relieved by an odd accident.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Charles Lamb