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.
• Pacheco and Bei ran as a slate.
  — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
• If not, pull it down and run it or throw it away.
  — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
• You guys are running the show now.
  — Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
• The oceans are running very warm.
  — Greg Porter, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2026
• The show ran eleven more seasons.
  — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2026
• The show ran eight more seasons.
  — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2026
• While running, the man dropped a firearm.
  — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• Banfield turned around and ran.
  — Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
• The first-round pick even ran a little point guard.
  — Jay King, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
• Dre’Mont’s a guy that can play across the line, run games.
  — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
• The deer ran just 30 yards to the field edge and fell.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
• Gramps like him, baby, they were born to run (and slide).
  — Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
• Instead, run your hand through a patch of grass that needs to be cut.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026
• Those parts were clearly worn, but the car still doesn’t run right.
  — Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
• The trial is set to run for 64 weeks.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 6 June 2026
• Anyone can want to switch jobs, move to a new city, or run a marathon.
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 19 Mar. 2026
• Spurs had push-and-run and ‘Glory’.
  — Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
• Why not run it up the flagpole to see if anyone salutes?
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 23 May 2026
• No longer wearing the boot and was running.
  — Christian Clark, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
• The woman pauses, runs her tongue over her teeth.
  — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026

run

2 of 2 noun

• She took the dogs out for a run.
• He goes for a six-mile run every evening.
• Ryan was charged with five runs.
  — Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2026
• Each run is scored by nine judges.
  — Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
• Which new head coach could have the best run?
  — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
• What a run from Troy right now.
  — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
• For the first time this year, a one-run lead held.
  — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
• His goal was to ski every black run.
  — Erica Firpo, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• In all, the Cubs scored five runs against him.
  — Will Sammon, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
• The next one may not be a practice run.
  — Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• The first run came without much of a plan.
  — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
• Those runs require steep climbs to ski.
  — John Meyer, Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2026
• LaRoche hit a 2-run home run in the fourth.
  — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026
• Caissie tacked on a two-run homer in the ninth to put the game on ice.
  — ABC News, 4 July 2026
• Burke went five innings and gave up two runs and two hits.
  — CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
• Rothrock made a smart run to draw in Alba.
  — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
• New York has allowed three runs.
  — Megan Armstrong, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
• Sometimes stuff doesn't go our way, guys will score some runs against us.
  — Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 31 Mar. 2024
• Ben Martinez added two hits with a run scored.
  — Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
• For a while, the Royals held a two-run lead.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
• Only the best of two runs counted at the end.
  — Reuters, NBC news, 11 Feb. 2026
• Haugh emerged as a force during the title run.
  — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
• There may not be another run like it this year.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
• These supply runs have added to tensions in the area.
  — Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
• The first nine of those hits either drove in runs or led to runs (or both).
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
• Abrams hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning.
  — CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
• Deegan came through with a two-run single.
  — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
• In this one the Aces never had a run longer than nine points.
  — ABC News, 11 July 2026
• The Sox are 11-30 in one-run games.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
• Washington took its first lead in nine games with a two-run first.
  — Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025