How to Use run in a Sentence

run

1 of 2 verb
  • The dog ran away from me.
  • She ran to me for help.
  • We ran for the train—but missed it.
  • I heard her scream and ran to help.
  • The dog ran toward me.
  • How fast can you run?
  • She ran up the stairs to get her jacket.
  • He runs faster than anyone else on the team.
  • When I called the dog, he came running.
  • Don't expect me to come running every time you want something. I'm not your servant.
  • So run, don’t walk, and be sure to add a pair to your cart.
    Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The whole lot of them would run to greet us, eager for the scraps and then for the feed.
    Martha McPhee, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The girl rose and began running with the headphones on, but the cord jerked her back.
    Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The researchers showed that the ACE agent now seeks out the coin, rather than running right past it.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023
  • In the clip, the younger Willis runs her hands over her father’s head, touching his ears.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Tonight’s show starts at 8 p.m. Eastern on ABC and runs for two hours.
    Mike Rose, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2023
  • What happens sometimes, if a film doesn’t do well, people run for the hills.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Rodgers heard the commands as well, then ran over beseeching Boykin to run into the end zone.
    Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The two are pulled apart, just long enough for the referee to run toward the baseline as a group of players give chase.
    Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2023
  • On a fourth and one from KC’s own 34, on the brink of elimination, Mahomes ran eight yards for a first down.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Tickets ran $10 for adults and the festival was free to children.
    Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2023
  • December is running about 6% above the same month last year.
    David Koenig, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The lip balm and hand lotion will run you $20 and $30, respectively.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The surroundings are matched by the decay of their owners, who have no idea how to run a business.
    William Earl, Variety, 9 June 2023
  • Once, at the University of Illinois, Evans and his brother had to run for blocks to dodge a wild pack of fans.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2024
  • More than 4,100 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the Health Ministry run by Hamas.
    Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2023
  • And the Ramsay household is like running a restaurant where no one goes home.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
  • And the machine will run for 10 more years, producing 10 times as much data.
    Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Twins starter Joe Ryan allowed one run across 5 ⅓ innings.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Pair it with trousers and a button-down shirt for the office, or with jeans when going out to brunch or running errands.
    Staff Author, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2023
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run

2 of 2 noun
  • She took the dogs out for a run.
  • He goes for a six-mile run every evening.
  • This is a team that scored 160 fewer runs than the Dodgers.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • At the plate, the lefty went 1-for-1 with two walks, two runs scored and one double.
    Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 7 June 2023
  • Bell stressed that if the Reds could keep the deficit at three runs, then the Reds would chip away and get the comeback win.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 28 May 2023
  • When faced with a run like this — Estragon: All the dead voices.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2023
  • A couple runs before the ninth The Tigers scored their first two runs in the fourth and fifth innings.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 26 July 2023
  • Millan had two singles, scored twice and drove in a run.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2023
  • Haile Kreger and Callie Jordan drove in two runs each in the inning.
    Paul Boyd, arkansasonline.com, 12 Apr. 2024
  • That was the case last year, when the Crimson Bears made a title run that surprised some.
    Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
  • Sometimes stuff doesn't go our way, guys will score some runs against us.
    Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Many marathon runners do a two- to three-mile shakeout run.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Some people believed this was far too young for a 26.2-mile run.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 4 May 2023
  • That was really a big part of our run game, for us to be involved and know when to block and who to block.
    Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Flynn was there with his mom to support Jones at the opening and closing night of the play's U.S. run.
    Vandana Pawa, Peoplemag, 4 May 2023
  • The milestone carry came on a 5-yard run by Andrew Miller with 1:36 left in the third quarter.
    Erick Taylor, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Last month a ship delivered 200 tons of aid in a pilot run.
    Wafaa Shurafa, TIME, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Casting for the Broadway run has not yet been announced.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Jose Abreu then mashed his third home run in the last two games, this one being a two-run dinger to put Houston up 3-1.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The Bombers scored on the first possession of the game, a four-yard run from sophomore Jacob Britt that capped a nine-play, 77-yard drive.
    Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Lyles pitched six innings and gave up three runs, but those did not come until later in the game.
    Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2023
  • Daldry, who helmed the first episode of The Crown and has been an EP for the entire run of the series, directed the series finale.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The Reds scored six runs (four earned) against Rockies righty Connor Seabold in 4 1/3 innings.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 16 May 2023
  • The Aggies scored three runs after right-hander Cody Adcock loaded the bases with no outs in the third.
    Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2023
  • As it’s done with several series in the past year and change, the streamer will split The Crown’s last run into two parts.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Daniel also stroked a solo homer in the fifth and finished with four RBIs, scoring three runs.
    Dennis Victory, al, 4 May 2023
  • Kyle Barbera’s double brought in another run to make it 3-1 in the sixth.
    Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • In that sense, Kohl’s run of election blow-outs was partly a phenomenon of the times.
    Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Runners start in Black Mountain, dash to the mountain's peak, and then run back in a grueling 40-mile run.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 6 June 2023
  • Then Phoenix when on its own 8-0 run thereafter, maintaining the lead for the entire quarter.
    Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2024

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