Runs

Examples

• The first principle which runs through all art and nature is simplicity; this also is to be the rule of human life. Plato. The Republic.
• The Brock Road runs from Germania Ford through the battle-field and on to the Court House. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The fancy runs from one end of the universe to the other in collecting those ideas, which belong to any subject. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Money, therefore, necessarily runs after goods, but goods do not always or necessarily run after money. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The umpires were stationed behind the wickets; the scorers were prepared to notch the runs; a breathless silence ensued. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• A little cup is then fastened to the tree with a piece of soft clay to press the cup against it, and the juice runs into this cup. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Most of the remainder of children's alleged native egoism is simply an egoism which runs counter to an adult's egoism. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Tide runs strong here. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You see that it runs east and west past the school, and you see also that there is no side road for a mile either way. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• If he cannot; he here runs in a circle, and gives a synonimous term instead of a definition. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• It runs in the family. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• When theory runs against the grain of living forces, the result is a deceptive theory of politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• But in such striking-out he tangles his arms, pulls strong on the slip-knot, and it runs home. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She runs to the pantry for a roll, and she stands on the door step scattering crumbs. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Will Demi lie still like a good boy, while Mamma runs down and gives poor Papa his tea? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• When I fire if the man is sitting down he will stand up before he runs or crouches. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The tainting blood of falsehood runs through us all. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I don't see as anything ails the child, she would say; she runs about, and plays. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Cry about one thing in life, cry about all; one thread runs through the whole piece. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The upper half of the wire cloth belt is supported by and runs over a series of closely juxtaposed rollers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• When the gate is raised, the water moves forward, but the motion, so to speak, runs backward. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• There was plenty of leisure on the two daily runs, even for an industrious boy, and thus he found time to transfer his laboratory from the cellar and re-establish it on the train. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• From the bottom of the cylinder a tube runs down into the well or reservoir, and water from the well has access to the cylinder through another outward-moving valve. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• It is evident the same method of thinking runs through common life. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I say, isn't bread 'riz' enough when it runs over the pans? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• A man must not be precipitate, or he runs over it; he must not rush into the opposite extreme, or he loses it altogether. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He runs to a moustache, the Comrade Voyager. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• To have a perfectly balanced ball, one that will roll true in every direction, the ball must be so turned out of the tusk that the nerve center runs exactly through the middle of the ball. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This aqueduct, like the other, runs in the middle of a broad road-way, thus leaving a space on each side. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• As he makes a lunge towards one horseman, another runs a spear into him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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