How to Use trial run in a Sentence

trial run

noun
  • We will have to give the machine a trial run.
  • They will put the software through many trial runs before putting it on the market.
  • But Qatar was just a trial run.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • This trial run convinced the trio that their idea could work.
    — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2021
  • Once that trial runs out, users can lock in a $5/month rate for their first year.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Go for a day hike with a full overnight backpack as a trial run, and bring your dog.
    — Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Short-distance trial runs showed these crafts were slow and that currents pulled them off-course.
    — Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS, 2 July 2019
  • This marked the first of a seven-game trial run to see how the fans and the policies would work.
    — Peter Dawson, star-telegram, 2 May 2018
  • That will help show how useful this trial run of pre-storm analysis was.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2018
  • Students consider this year a bit of a trial run.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026
  • If a trial run doesn’t work, don’t get mad with them; learn and support them in some other choice or path.
    — Katherine Dunn, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2020
  • That was a bit of a trial run for the larger event in September.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 June 2024
  • Parsons suggested that be used to do a trial run of the new hosting process.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2023
  • However, the pop-up stores could be a trial run for a larger presence in years to come.
    — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
  • After a short trial run at the start of the season, the players asked him to dial things back.
    — Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
  • This is a great place for a trial run of any of the new Japanese cars from this update.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Getting ideas, doing trial runs and scaling it to apply to the whole house has made progress very slow.
    — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The 26-year-old has already had a trial run at the captaincy.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Kris, tempted by Kim’s blonde locks, has decided to give the icy-blonde look a trial run.
    — Mariah Smith, The Cut, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Redwood wants to restart one of the two bottling lines soon, and is doing trial runs for its two canning lines.
    — Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
  • The league can use the season as a trial run and then vote to make the moves permanent, per Arnovitz.
    — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 26 June 2019
  • The two did a trial run together in the days leading up to Mears’ hiring.
    — Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 7 July 2024
  • My trial runs were not without sweaty palms, given my general fear of riding at night.
    — David Schneider, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Kenner is giving a bike lane a two-week trial run on Loyola Drive.
    — Littice Bacon-Blood, NOLA.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Name what feels safe and consider a trial run of something that doesn’t seem too dangerous.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Dublin, Ohio, gave a robot cop a trial run inside a public parking garage.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
  • Andres Picon has more on the trial run and the district's effort to stop the spread of the virus.
    — ExpressNews.com, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Do a trial run with a small amount of Epsom salt first or place some salt on your skin to see if there’s a reaction.
    — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2022
  • When the trial run is done, Monzani’s team reveals which of the signals were placebos.
    — Ryan Bradley, Popular Science, 27 Oct. 2020
  • In a trial run, Shauna takes yellow lab Cooper out to the yard, and the two hit it off.
    — Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2022

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