How to Use runaround in a Sentence

runaround

noun
  • All the cost, all the runaround, the many years of waiting.
    — Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Hoover said he was put through a runaround that left him with nothing.
    — Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Pained lyrics about runaround women, sung by long-haired alpha guys.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2021
  • And an official who was giving him the runaround made time to see him.
    — Azam Ahmed and Frances Robles, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Servicers are giving them the runaround in ways that can hamstring their progress.
    — Erin Arvedlund, Philly.com, 26 June 2017
  • Many told me of being ignored or dismissed or given the runaround.
    — Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
  • This is exactly the kind of runaround that drives travelers crazy.
    — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
  • The constant runaround of cooking, shopping, cleaning, all in the name of a good time!
    — Liana Finck, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2022
  • All three of us teachers asked for copies of the air quality report and were given the runaround.
    — Caitlin R. McGlade, Sun-Sentinel.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • That’s when Rambo started to give them the runaround, Patel said.
    — Emily Brindley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2024
  • Again the runaround, the look of fear, fear for their own lives, in the faces of republican officials.
    — John Dos Passos, National Review, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Taylor again gave him the runaround, claiming that his team would listen to workers’ objections.
    — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • So began a bureaucratic runaround that might have made Kafka proud.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Also, sorry, bold move for a guy who’s been giving his wife the runaround with an infamous arsonist!
    — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The company should have honored its guarantee without the runaround.
    — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
  • The runaround includes four pages of deals, offers, snooze alarms and several other distractions.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
  • People appreciate truth and not being given the runaround, even in the most difficult of times.
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The condo association has pretty much been giving me the runaround.
    — Benny L. Kass, chicagotribune.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • There’s something mischievous about all this runaround, and it’s absolutely given the show its own unique identity.
    — Bryan Bishop, The Verge, 5 Nov. 2018
  • Each prompt, even in the midst of a conversation or chat with GPT-5 will be getting this runaround.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The idea is rooted in a belief that less federal oversight will cut bureaucratic runaround and trim wasteful spending.
    — Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News, 16 June 2017
  • Bohne said the project’s opponents encountered either unresponsive ears or were given the runaround.
    — Washington Post, 29 May 2017
  • As a runaround, local leaders in Boise and Salt Lake City adopted new official city flags to run up the pole.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Wells said Tate helped her break through the runaround and connect with someone at DTE Energy who cleaned up trees.
    — Malachi Barrett, Freep.com, 22 May 2024
  • At times, when an applicant asks about the total breakdown of compensation, they are stonewalled, given the runaround, put off or offered some very vague double-talk numbers.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Fashion weeks, everywhere, are generally pretty lively after the runaround that happens during the day.
    — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2018
  • Although Marseille's players had seemingly given up, having been given the runaround by the French star, their fans certainly hadn't.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 16 May 2018
  • Here’s how two experts suggest navigating this new financial reality — no runaround required.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2020
  • Kristin Tevonian, who lives in suburban Illinois, faced a runaround when trying to refill her methotrexate script at Walgreens.
    — Laura Weiss, The New Republic, 27 July 2022
  • Medina said corporate representatives gave her the runaround.
    — Robert Anglen, azcentral, 17 July 2019

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