How to Use treadmill in a Sentence

treadmill

noun
  • Plus, this treadmill folds up well and doesn’t take up much space.
    — Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
  • What was all that walking on treadmills for, big guy?
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The treadmill was still going at rapid speed.
    — Ryan O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 4 May 2026
  • There was a treadmill in the corner.
    — CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • There was a big pile of clean laundry on the deck of the treadmill.
    — George Saunders, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
  • My first test of the leggings was a three mile run on the treadmill.
    — Christie Calucchia, Health.com, 19 Sep. 2019
  • One of the things new to me is singing while walking on a treadmill.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2025
  • But, the line is more than just for sweating it out on the treadmill.
    — Isabel Greenberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Sep. 2018
  • The treadmill was pre-set at a high rate of speed and a high incline.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Go for a walk outside, walk on the treadmill, and then do a stretch.
    — Yolanda Edwards, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 July 2018
  • Please don’t suggest a gym or a treadmill -- been there, done that.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Here’s where the treadmill picks up and our steps start thudding on the track.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Some footage showed them training the dogs with treadmills, sticks and chains.
    — Julia Coin june 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2026
  • Stop spending all your time on the treadmill and mix in some time in the weight room.
    — Stefanie Gordon, Woman's Day, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Three sets of five reps for three movements, or one straight half hour on a treadmill?
    — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Now take away the treadmill, the bike, the weights, all that pricy and bulky gear.
    — Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The only thing missing was a quick burst on a bike or treadmill.
    — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, 2 May 2018
  • The boy is seen running on a treadmill and falling off six times.
    — Laura Studley, CNN, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The group on the treadmill did almost twice as well as the others.
    — Janice Kaplan, TIME, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Our treadmill was underneath it on top of him.
    — Joe Donlon, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • Giles tried extreme diets and long stints on the treadmill.
    — Matt Slater, New York Times, 9 May 2026
  • Jumped on the treadmill for an hour and a half, showered and went to dinner.
    — Laurie Larsh, Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
  • At some point, the wheels will come off the pesticide treadmill.
    — Shely Aronov, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
  • What gave you the confidence to step off the treadmill and write at your own pace?
    — Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Pauline said that soccer had always been a way to get off the treadmill of her life.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2022
  • But for many people, a treadmill may not be the best (or safest) option.
    — Christa Sgobba, Health, 7 Apr. 2026
  • On the treadmill next to me was a hefty-looking guy who hadn’t been there before.
    — Literary Hub, 18 July 2025
  • At his lab there was a split-belt treadmill that could measure the force of each footstep.
    — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2021
  • The treadmill won as his body rolled onto its side and quickly moved him to the back and off.
    — Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
  • That's a recipe leading straight to the mediocrity treadmill.
    — Rahat Huq, Chron, 7 Dec. 2021

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