How to Use the runs in a Sentence

the runs

plural noun
  • All the runs before the ninth came on homers.
    — ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Four of the runs scored in the sixth were unearned.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • All the runs in the game were scored in the ninth inning.
    — ABC News, 23 June 2026
  • The maps branch out with shops and random events, which helps vary the runs.
    — Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026
  • All three of the runs scored by the Rebels in the third inning were earned.
    — Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The Dodgers had 13 hits, and the runs followed.
    — Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
  • Walker drove in two of the runs with a double, the last of his four hits in the game.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 2 May 2026
  • But a mistake on Day 1 left her playing catch-up for the rest of the runs.
    — Sean Nevin, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Alex Lange took over after the walk, but the runs continued.
    — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
  • That was the defining trait of this performance — not just the runs, but the resilience.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Unlike a day earlier, the runs were plenty earned.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
  • Open a bunch of box scores, click through to see if the runs were all scored in one inning, close that tab when the answer is no.
    — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • Both of the teams are still scoring runs, and neither really relies on homers to get the runs.
    — David Troy, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Many of the runs are long, groomed cruisers that are perfect for confident skiers and boarders.
    — Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Only five of the runs were earned in that 2023 appearance.
    — ABC News, 17 June 2026
  • The good news is that despite all the runs, the Athletics still went 4-2 in those games.
    — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
  • All of the runs were charged to Johnson, who lasted 3⅓ innings in his first major league start.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The players could be good and the runs intense, but if there are 30 people waiting on one court, that’s a no-go.
    — Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Four of the runs scored in a quick burst in the sixth, when Neto made an error just before Rushing’s three-run homer.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 8 June 2026
  • That’s because Palomar’s offense produces five times the runs Flaviani has given up.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Three of the runs for the Sox in the top half of the inning came on Murakami’s major-league-leading 13th home run.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
  • Newport Harbor scored two runs in the second inning, with one of the runs scoring on Cameron Hatfield’s sacrifice fly.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 7 June 2026
  • From the pristine production to the runs and riffs, Kehlani puts on a masterclass of technical songbuilding and lyrical storytelling.
    — Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Josh Stonehouse’s sacrifice fly, Luke Hammond’s RBI single and two wild pitches scored the runs.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2026
  • But Bubista’s men were alert to those rotations, with both full-backs happy to follow runners inside and their wide midfielders prepared to drop deep to track the runs of Cucurella and Llorente.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 15 June 2026
  • Celonis analyzed the 5,000 delivery runs a day the brewery was executing, worked out how to make the runs more efficient, and reduced the number of journeys by 17%.
    — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Thirteen seasons of the series, spanning the runs of the ninth through thirteenth Doctors (2005-22), will be available on the streamer starting June 11.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
  • Rosewood Courchevel Le Jardin Alpin offers direct all-day slope access, while its ski concierge team can curate First and Last Track experiences, allowing guests to hit the runs at dawn or dusk.
    — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Over 60 percent of the runs at Crested Butte Mountain Resort are rated advanced or expert, and it is considered the birthplace of inbound extreme skiing in North America.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The club’s 2025 title surpassed the runs of Norway’s Rosenborg, BATE Borisov of Belarus and Al-Faisaly SC of Jordan, equalling the European records of Skonto, a Latvian club who were dissolved in 2016, and Lincoln Red Imps of Gibraltar.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026

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