How to Use runway in a Sentence

runway

noun
  • Each will now get more of a runway.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • The foot play wasn’t just on the runway.
    — Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
  • But three games isn’t much runway.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • There was more skin than in her past runways, too.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 13 Feb. 2026
  • How long of a runway will Markel need?
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Planes get pushed back from the gate, taxi to the runway and take off.
    — Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024
  • For Vogue, print is our runway.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Try the look with one of the all-black ’fits that came down the runway.
    — Irene Kim, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The trend is playing out across the runway as well.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 24 June 2026
  • The show did not feel like a runway placed inside a bar.
    — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026
  • The pieces are stylish enough to be worn on the runway as well as the putting green.
    — Marykate Boylan, Town & Country, 7 June 2022
  • The runway is alive with colour and music.
    — Laura French, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The pilot agreed to turn around from the runway and pick us up.
    — Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
  • The bulk of prep time is spent walking the plane to the end of the runway.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 4 July 2022
  • Palmer wore the off-the-runway dress over a white ribbed tank and high-waist black briefs.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 26 July 2022
  • Except the runway is made of ice and the skaters will do much more than walk.
    — Patrice Hutton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But the runways offered a respite.
    — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Good for her, though — those runway packages aren’t cheap.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The fund is there to keep the runway clear for the build that is still coming.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • The runway for Volpe is no longer an endless road.
    — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • And Plum, next to arrive, treats it like her runway.
    — Jade Chang, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • The runway may be as short as a few months or as long as several years.
    — John Morgan, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Her pup nearly dragged her off the runway in their initial walk.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The runway begins a stone’s throw from the edge of the highway.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2026
  • Has the whirlwind of runway shows and nonstop shoots changed at all since then?
    — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The runway was briefly closed to clear debris, but has since reopened.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
  • In the clip, the ladies showcased their runway walks and outfits.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
  • The jet was just 130 feet above the ground and a half mile from the runway.
    — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
  • There’s plenty of runway to plot out a threequel.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 8 May 2026
  • Fur-trim coats are trending on both runways and street styles this season.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026

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