How to Use run low in a Sentence

run low

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  • When select items run low, families can get more of other foods of their choosing.
    Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Consumers’ savings have begun to run low and credit card balances have risen.
    Joe Rennison, New York Times, 16 June 2023
  • These are both present in the skin anyway, but sometimes our reserves run low, resulting in dry skin.
    Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 22 Jan. 2026
  • But lately, some prescriptions are taking longer to fill as supplies run low.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Reserves of glucose in the blood, liver, and muscle quickly run low.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Those data centers use a lot of semiconductors, and chip supplies have run low.
    Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
  • With that in mind, options are starting to run low for the Nittany Lions.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
  • If the colony’s food stores run low, the repletes regurgitate what’s in their bellies for other ants to feed on.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2023
  • When supplies started to run low, a Facebook post led to constant dropoffs throughout the rest of the day.
    Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Finding new ways to rejuvenate when our batteries run low is crucial to make it through hard times.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 20 July 2023
  • Once repair shops start to run low on those parts and they must be ordered from overseas, the parts will be subjected to tariffs.
    Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Some mines are being modified as the original reserves run low.
    Vipal Monga, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2022
  • When your iron stores run low, iron deficiency anemia can develop.
    Good Housekeeping, 18 July 2023
  • In case guests run low on their phone batteries, the academy has set up a charging station inside.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
  • But if interceptor supplies run low first, the calculus could shift.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2026
  • With Bay Area grocery stores starting to run low on Sriracha, local fans might have to soon — gasp!
    Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 June 2022
  • Yang Beibei, deputy head of Chaoyang district tried to assure citizens that supplies would not run low.
    Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Costco sold kosher hot dogs at its food courts until 2009, but suppliers started to run low on meat.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Pumping out groundwater when rivers run low further depletes surface water because the two are linked.
    Erica Gies, Scientific American, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The proceeds from the sale will be used to rebuild my black-boot nest egg, which has run low of late due to unfavorable market conditions.
    Alyssa Brandt, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • When surface water supplies run low, most arid regions worldwide turn instead to their groundwater.
    K.e.d. Coan, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2021
  • As shells whistle overhead and provisions run low, Sergeyich seems to think of only one thing — beekeeping.
    New York Times, 24 May 2022
  • The bad weather shuts down power to the local bar, and at the same time, the establishment starts to run low on Budweiser.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Letting the coolant run low will cause overheating and additional engine damage.
    Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Other food and drink items that have run low recently include chicken, alcohol and even Lunchables.
    NBC News, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Hyun-ju and the others soon run low on ammo, so jittery Dae-ho is deployed to run back to the dorm and fish clips from the dead guards’ jumpsuit pockets.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Should an all-electric tow vehicle run low, the driver can pull over and charge directly from the trailer without even unhitching.
    New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2026
  • When its battery begins to run low, the robot parks itself near a wall and waits to be fished out using a pole (the hook attachment is included in the box).
    Brad Moon, Forbes, 28 June 2022
  • According to Rowe, no one was injured but officials scrambled to salvage food for residents as stocks run low.
    Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Livestock, including cows and donkeys, have also perished as dams run low and farmers struggle to secure water.
    Reuters, CNN, 10 June 2024

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