How to Use race in a Sentence

race

verb

• The girls raced to the door and knocked, but got no answer.
  — Kyani Reid, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2023
• Skies clear in the afternoon as strong northwest winds race over the area.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2023
• There’s more to the open-top speed demon than the man who raced it, though.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
• The chain racing around the bar will eventually create a small burr on the edge of the groove that the chain runs in.
  — Joe Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
• There were pony rides, a petting zoo and the chance for kids to race rubber duckies.
  — Eileen Ogintz, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2023
• Patrol officers raced to the scene but found no threat.
  — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
• Spainhouer raced to the scene and arrived before the first responders.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 7 May 2023
• My mind raced, cycling through a rogue’s gallery of suspects.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
• The governor said workers were racing against time to beat rain that was in the forecast.
  — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 23 June 2023
• Forte is set to race this weekend and is one of the favorites to win the Belmont Stakes.
  — Majlie De Puy Kamp, CNN, 10 June 2023
• DeJean raced down the field and wound up in the end zone to the dismay of the home Minnesota crowd.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2023
• The defense of Tatis, meanwhile, has raced forward in a short time.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2023
• The duo said the race was a fun, unique opportunity to race against friends and peers in a smaller field.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
• Karl and Grace came running into the living room, racing to the garage to fight for the front seat.
  — Demetrius Freeman, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
• Photographers had to race back with enough time to process the film before deadline.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 29 July 2023
• Rabbits will race along the edges of old houses and barns, then jet away from the ruckus into easy shotgun range.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 6 Feb. 2023
• Many of her competitors had raced a lot, won a lot and thrived on the macho pushing shoving around the oval.
  — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
• So, for years, Trump's life here continued as the city raced on around him.
  — Matt Sedensky, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2023
• So, for years, Trump’s life here continued as the city raced on around him.
  — Matt Sedensky, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2023
• Striking then racing away as the Russian rear guard struggles to catch up.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• Alper, 25, jumped into her car and raced to the main road.
  — Isabel Debre, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
• Because of the wide selection, this is an easy choice for anyone who doesn’t want to race from store to store.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 24 Sep. 2023
• When the critical moment came, no one was willing to race to his rescue.
  — Carl Hulse, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• As sirens blared and chaos ensued, the quartet gazed at the vehicles racing to the hospital.
  — John L. Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
• Of the five challenges there's one based on Prometheus, where contestants race to pick up a staff of fire first.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 16 Feb. 2023
• Backpack is one of the parties racing to fill the hole FTX left behind.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
• Steer an exotic car around a racetrack for the thrill of it, or have fun racing a go-kart on an outdoor track.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2023
• Some kids will love racing them, others will make up stories around them, and still others might like to crash them.
  — Bridget Shirvell, Parents, 18 Nov. 2023
• Fueled by a dry summer and strong winds from a passing hurricane, the flames on Maui raced through parched brush.
  — Claire Rush, Audrey McAvoy and Christopher Weber, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2023
• Their times in the first round will determine the division in which each team races for the semi-final and championship rounds.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 19 July 2023

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024