How to Use run along in a Sentence

run along

verb
  • I'd love to stay longer, but I must be running along.
  • Roy splashed ashore and ran along the old dock.
    — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Five-and-a-half miles of their ranch run along the border wall.
    — Longreads, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Create a bed of them running along your fence.
    — Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 10 May 2026
  • Your obliques are the core muscles that run along the sides of your torso.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 21 Oct. 2025
  • During that time, there is a free shuttle bus that runs along the road.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2024
  • He was gone, running along the canyon slope, urging the hounds ahead of him.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The 8-foot wall runs along a driveway, police said.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The last train ran along the Rockaway Beach branch decades ago.
    — James Barron, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Cracks run along the walls and the roof is rotting in multiple places.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 25 July 2025
  • This trail runs along the northern edge of the northeastern flank of the fire.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Joggers, bikers, and skaters fill the two-and-a-half-mile path that runs along the beach.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Inside, a bar ran along one end of the room and leather benches along the other.
    — Chabeli Carrazana, Them, 25 July 2024
  • The gluteus medius runs along the outer edge of the buttocks, on the side of the hip.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 31 July 2025
  • The huge deck that runs along the back of the house was built around a couple of trees that provide shade.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2024
  • But the traits and symptoms of psychopathy run along scales that range from weak to strong.
    — David Adam, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The impressive leather shoes stood out thanks to the many buckles that run along the side of the boot.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
  • The top and sides of the screen are nearly bezel-free, with a narrow black band running along the edge.
    — PCMAG, 24 July 2024
  • That trail would run along the railroad tracks just east of Lincoln Creek.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2022
  • French doors run along the wall in the first living area and provide access to the patio.
    — Dallas News, 3 June 2022
  • Then, beneath those gates, two conveyor belts run along the long axis of the ship.
    — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 1 Mar. 2021
  • This one gets vinyl stripes that run along the side of the power hump on the hood and then along the doors and rear fenders.
    — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Hampton then runs along the outside wall of the apartment complex and down a flight of stairs.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Beneath the bridge, on both sides of the narrow waterway, a wide trail ran along the lake.
    — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • The Bermuda [grass] and a few of the holes have the water running along the sides.
    — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The core rotation will also fire up your obliques, the muscles that run along the sides of your trunk.
    — Megan Falk, Women's Health, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Bikers, joggers, walkers, and roller skaters abound on the paved path running along the beach.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The vehicles were dark navy blue with a red horizontal stripe that runs along each side.
    — Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 8 Mar. 2026
  • It’s built under the canopy of a large oak tree, chickens roam the property, and a creek runs along the grounds.
    — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2025
  • These cracks are sometimes 10 feet wide and 20 feet deep and can run along the surface for miles.
    — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2022

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