Mary, whose only chance lay in outstaying Elizabeth in the policy of celibacy, had been driven, or led, by her rival Queen into a marriage which would have been the best possible, had Darnley been a man of character and a Protestant.
"John Knox and the Reformation"
Andrew Lang
You understand my position here, and my fear of outstaying a most courteous welcome?"
"Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories"
Henry Seton Merriman
Near her, on the sofa, half sitting, half lounging, in the attitude of a visitor outstaying ceremony, with one long leg flung over the other and a large foot in a clumsy boot swinging to and fro continually, was a lean, sandy-haired gentleman whom Rowland recognized as the original of the portrait of Mr. Barnaby Striker.
"Roderick Hudson"
Henry James