Runners
[rʌnə:z]
Examples
- The cars slide as smoothly along as if they were on runners. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I believe in the proud angels and the demons that are our fore-runners. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Savannah was one of the points where blockade runners entered. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Two English blockade runners came in at night. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This was essential because New Berne was a port into which blockade runners could enter. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It's the runners! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- They were both good runners--the road was smooth and level, and for the first five minutes or more I was conscious that I did not gain on them. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The luge is a common sled with runners. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Edited by Jason