How to Use run out in a Sentence

run out

verb
  • An aide had run out for biryani.
    — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • But for many, that help runs out.
    — Derek James, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Frankly, the plant has run out of room.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
  • At one point, the bus runs out of gas.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
  • This is where the myth runs out of road.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2026
  • Roberts ran out of the dugout to greet him.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Richard Volpe fear the clock will run out.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • That clock will run out by late April.
    — Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The 49ers couldn’t run out the clock, though.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Has the stock simply run out of steam?
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The other three men ran out of the house.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • At the end of the video, a dog runs out of the video's frame.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • There are seven dogs in there that run out.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Now, those funds are running out.
    — Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The first player to run out of cards wins!
    — Anja Webb, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The first player to run out of cards wins!
    — Anja Webb, Parents, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Trump’s patience may have run out.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • But those supplies will run out in a few months.
    — Vidya Mani, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Funding is set to run out in less than two weeks.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The girl was able to push him off of her and run out of the room.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
  • To end the game, the offense ran out the clock.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Time ran out on one roach in a reach-in freezer.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • How will her siblings eat when all the food has run out?
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
  • If a player’s points run out, they will be killed.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Here's what to add to cart before the clock runs out.
    — Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026
  • Once that allowance runs out, the app prompts users to pay.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Let things run out if that means a line cook can stay home while her burns heal.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2022
  • The Aggies ran out a threat in the fourth.
    — Jose De Jesus Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026
  • But be willing to let go, with grace, once the rope has run out.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2022
  • But with the win in hand, the Celtics let the shot-clock run out.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022

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