How to Use run across in a Sentence

run across

verb
  • Some people run across to avoid getting hit.
    — James Taylor, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Manigault ran across the street and died later that night.
    — Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2026
  • Edge shot as Manigault ran across the street and fell on a sidewalk.
    — Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2026
  • That agent is then seen running across the street as numerous shots are fired.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The ad will run across a variety of media through the end of April.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The Royals had two runners aboard in the ninth, but couldn’t scratch a run across the plate.
    — Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • Adison Pierce pushed the final run across with a single.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
  • The stones run across the 47 mm white-gold case, the dial, the clasp, and even the movement.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 May 2026
  • Hordes of people pushed past security, jumped rails and ran across the dirt floor.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Its pitching has been just as good, allowing just 10 runs across its five games.
    — Sam Warren, Houston Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Videos show the agent in the gray jacket then running across the street as numerous shots can be heard.
    — CBS News, 24 Jan. 2026
  • My cat was startled by a loud noise from outside and ran across the apartment with the needle in her mouth.
    — Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Children ran across blacktop that could reach over 120 degrees on warm days.
    — Meg Tanaka, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Samus also runs across five allies, who provide help in the five biomes containing those keys.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • As French went back to make the play, his glove got lodged under the padding running across the top of the fence.
    — ABC News, 20 June 2026
  • Purple extends from the sole well up through the upper, meeting black at the wavy line that runs across the profile.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Strahm has allowed three runs across five relief appearances this season.
    — Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
  • That pattern now runs across Hollywood.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Valdano ran across and told him to stop in case the officials realized what had happened.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • The investigation said the child was running across the street toward the school when they were hit.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Witnesses told police the child was running across the parkway heading east when he was hit.
    — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The nutritional profile of a bowl or cup of soup can run across the spectrum from healthy to fatty and caloric.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, FOXNews.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Detectives are reviewing video footage and believe the teen was running across the street when she was struck.
    — Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 1 Mar. 2026
  • In his last eight outings, Lange hasn’t allowed a run across 7 and 1/3 innings.
    — Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026
  • Fried allowed five hits, one walk and three runs across his three innings of work before Blackburn replaced him.
    — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • The lift lobby itself has been transformed into a train station with a model toy train running across its length.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Five candidates ran across three positions up for election for three-year terms on the six-member council.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The Mets scored six runs across those innings — not solely Rincones’ fault, but defense played a role.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • Witnesses told police the child was running across the parkway heading east when the driver slammed into him.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • At 75 years old, Earle still carries the belief that first sent him running across the country decades ago.
    — Christina Ray Stanton, Time, 2 June 2026

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