Examples of run for it in a Sentence
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Officers started retaking control of the hall by 2:45 p.m.
Lawmakers and police officers argued inside about whether to run for it.
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Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
Soon, Shauna pulls the Queen and makes a run for it.
—Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 May 2023
Apart from this one-off event, Jonas isn’t really trying to make a run for it.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2023
Anybody who wants to run for it can feel free to do so.
—Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal, 16 Nov. 2022
On fourth and one in the third quarter, Nix made a run for it and outmaneuvered three UCLA defenders to gain two yards and pick up the first down.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2022
Tumbry watched as the family at the table next to them made a run for it.
—BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2021
That’s when Moore made a run for it, the family claims, desperately knocking on neighbors’ doors to call for help.
—Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2021
Several witnesses were trying to catch Duke, but the scared pup decided to make a run for it instead and jumped off the overpass onto Dickinson Avenue.
—Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2020
Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
Soon, Shauna pulls the Queen and makes a run for it.
—Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 May 2023
Apart from this one-off event, Jonas isn’t really trying to make a run for it.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2023
Anybody who wants to run for it can feel free to do so.
—Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal, 16 Nov. 2022
On fourth and one in the third quarter, Nix made a run for it and outmaneuvered three UCLA defenders to gain two yards and pick up the first down.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2022
Tumbry watched as the family at the table next to them made a run for it.
—BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2021
That’s when Moore made a run for it, the family claims, desperately knocking on neighbors’ doors to call for help.
—Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2021
Several witnesses were trying to catch Duke, but the scared pup decided to make a run for it instead and jumped off the overpass onto Dickinson Avenue.
—Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2020
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“Run for it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20for%20it. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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