How to Use runner in a Sentence

runner

noun
  • The runner slid into third base.
  • The beach club can store e-foils, wave runners, and the like.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2024
  • With the score tied at 2, the Mariners had runners on first and third with no outs in the eighth.
    Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 22 June 2024
  • So the marathon runner decided to walk the rest of the way.
    NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Some runners from the Ukrainian club cheered at a spot on the course.
    Jennie Coughlin, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Want to be the runner of the week or know someone who should be?
    Michael J. Baumgarn, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The Pirates took a 1-0 lead as the runner scored from third.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 16 May 2022
  • Juarez came to the plate with runners on second and third and two out.
    Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Of these, the United States has the most runners in the race—25 of them—and most of this investment.
    Deborah Wince-Smith, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Luke Raley walked and a wild pitch moved the runners over.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • As a runner, his value in the red zone was clear as day.
    Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The Jaguars put two runners on with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, but could not come up with the walk-off win.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 13 May 2023
  • In the kitchen, an antique runner adds some pattern to the space.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Like the round jacket, the foam runner, the slides that have changed the shoe industry.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The 331-pounder stones runners in their tracks and breaks up passes at the line of scrimmage.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Jose is a hard runner and always has a huge chaw in his lip.
    Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2023
  • All runners will get a bib and T-shirt, with the first 3,500 to cross the finish line earning a medal.
    Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The Reds never had a runner touch third base against Suárez.
    The Enquirer, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Hillhouse won the boys title (64 points), and Hall was the runner-up with 57.
    Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2022
  • The rest of the field was another 4¼ lengths behind the runner-up.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Many marathon runners do a two- to three-mile shakeout run.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The runner, Joshua Fuentes, came around to score on single by Arcia for the Braves' first run.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The runner-up at last year's race on the IMS road course has been steady in this year's events, leading five laps.
    Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2022
  • Still runners at first and second with no outs and Rowdy Tellez at the plate.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2023
  • At a young age, Moses was a lot smaller than the other runners.
    Sabrina Clay, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
  • The tassels on either end of the runner only add to the farmhouse look.
    Christopher Murray, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The Tigers were 3-for-13 with runners in scoring position in the game.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2024
  • There were two runners aboard and again the Royals were held scoreless.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Hunter Renfroe saves a run The White Sox scored a run in the sixth inning and had runners on the corners with one out.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024
  • In 15 career at-bats against Burnes, Alonso has gone yard three times and driven in seven runners.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025

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