How to Use running time in a Sentence

running time

noun
  • Yet its running time turns out to be both unhurried and unerring.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Bui wasn't the only one to comment on the film's running time.
    — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2020
  • And the lean running time keeps the movie a romp instead of an endurance test.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 31 July 2020
  • All of this happens in the last episode, and takes but a few seconds of running time.
    — Clio Chang, New Republic, 26 Sep. 2017
  • This one is even leaner and slicker than the last, capping in at a minute and a half of run time.
    — Evelyn Wang, Glamour, 19 Jan. 2018
  • And, for most of its nearly two-hour running time, that’s OK.
    — Hau Chu, Twin Cities, 1 Sep. 2019
  • Use your normal running time to do strength training, yoga or roll out on a foam roller.
    — Jillian Tracy, CNN Underscored, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Feature films must have a running time of more than 40 minutes.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The pace is slow, even though the running time is only 97 minutes.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 27 May 2021
  • This isn't a DC movie where two people kiss once in a three-hour running time.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2022
  • But these scenes represent a fraction of the movie’s 94-minute run time.
    — Carla Meyer, idahostatesman, 9 Feb. 2018
  • That puts you into two full days of run time, which was enough to get me through four days of touring without a recharge.
    — Aaron Gulley, Outside Online, 29 June 2018
  • The company said to expect about six hours of run time for general use.
    — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 10 Oct. 2018
  • The most welcome news of all is that the running time is seventy-two minutes.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Films that have a longer running time will be naturally favored on the list.
    — Josh Wilson, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Given the film’s running time, the pacing of the second act was off and somewhat rushed.
    — Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Similar to the Fluffy, this variant has a 30-minute run time.
    — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The running time has ballooned, too, from under an hour to a good 90 minutes.
    — Jason Farago, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Next week, the show will celebrate Halloween and toss in team dances to pad the two-hour running time.
    — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • The most daring thing is how long the sequence goes—six minutes, nearly five per cent of the movie’s running time.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The episodes are believed to be about 90 minutes each, but the run time for the finale has not yet been confirmed.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Mar. 2019
  • But even though the trail into Nikolai seemed slow, run times were right on pace from 2016.
    — Jake Berkowitz, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2018
  • For readers who stayed up all night to pore through the brick-sized books, the show’s five-plus-hour run time (over two nights) is only fitting.
    — Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The slow pace and light action might come as a surprise for some, considering the movie’s three-hour running time.
    — Matt Miller, Esquire, 29 Sep. 2017
  • The new season has its strengths – Episode 7 is a high point, for example, even at its lengthy running time.
    — oregonlive, 23 May 2022
  • With up to 60 minutes of run time on a single charge, this mower is a great pick if your lawn is up to a half an acre in size.
    — Paige Szmodis, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2019
  • Select attendees opted to stand through the 2 hour 16 minute running time rather than miss a frame.
    — Keyaira Boone, Essence, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The screen is quite dim, and battery life is wretched, with about two hours and 15 minutes of running time on a full-screen video test.
    — Christopher Null, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Karia doesn’t skimp on it, but then again, neither did Shakespeare, and the film is faithful, even if nipped and tucked for running time’s sake.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The theatrical cut of Australia has a running time of two hours, 45 minutes.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2022

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