How to Use runner in a Sentence

runner

noun
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  • The runner slid into third base.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Many marathon runners do a two- to three-mile shakeout run.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Henry, an avid runner, was the second person to cross the finish line with a time of 22:42.
    — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2023
  • But Nick Maton struck out swinging at a down-and-in slider to strand the runners in the third inning.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2023
  • Know the different types of sleds The most traditional type of sled is the runner sled.
    — Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Cyrus held the phone as Timmy told the supplier that the seller and the runner needed to hurry.
    — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2024
  • There are some runners that are better from the gun and better on perimeter-type schemes.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 25 July 2023
  • The distance runners should be outstanding for boys and girls.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Dangers abound for runners, but there are ways to prevent them.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Now, pitchers will only have 18 seconds to throw the next ball with runners on base.
    — C Mandler, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
  • In all, the Tigers went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position.
    — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2023
  • Think of a custom hallway runner like a (very chic) Yellow Brick Road, leading you from one part of your home to the next.
    — Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 14 July 2023
  • The ended the night 2 for 11 with runners in scoring position.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Auburn left 11 runners on base, including six in the last three innings.
    — Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al, 3 June 2023
  • The sneakers are lightweight and have the same streamlined look as a pair or runners or lifestyle sneakers.
    — Ellen McAlpine, Men's Health, 10 May 2023
  • All four of those top runners had gone off with — so the globe's best handicappers thought — better chances at the pot of gold than the horse that beat them.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Mike Yastrzemski nabbed a runner at the plate with a rope from right field and contributed a pair of hits.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
  • With men on second and third and none out, Ketel Marte drove in both runners with a single to give Arizona a 3-2 lead.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • If a contender wanted Duran as a pinch runner as part of a bigger deal, why not?
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
  • After a long list of options, Hunt and Lieberman landed on the subject of runners.
    — Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Cano came on with two outs and a runner on third base and needed only three pitches to strike out Chas McCormick to seal it.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2023
  • With runners on second and third and no outs, Refsnyder was up 2 and 0 against Ryu.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
  • But the Dodgers went two for 14 with runners in scoring position and scored only once after loading the bases with no outs in the third.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
  • But the lineup stumbled in the 11th and 12th, failing to score the automatic runner in either frame.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2023

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