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Sentence count:106+3 Only show simple sentencesPosted:2016-07-17Updated:2026-04-08
Synonym: check out, conk out, exhaust, glance over, peter out, play out, poop out, rake, run out, run over, sap, scan, skim, tire. Similar words: window, turn down, round off, round and round, run, trunk, run out, run off. Meaning: v. 1. trace 2. move downward 3. injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle 4. use up all one's strength and energy and stop working 5. examine hastily 6. deplete 7. pursue until captured run-down. adj. 1. worn and broken down by hard use 2. having the spring unwound. 
1, It's earier to run down the hill than go up. 
2, The south side of town is pretty run down.
3, Don't run down the stairs. Just walk down slowly.
4, This government has systematically run down public services since it took office.
5, Tears started to run down her cheeks.
6, Their daughter was run down by a car.
7, The cyclist was run down by a lorry.
8, My watch has run down.
9, He is quite run down and needs a vacation.
10, Many smaller local hospitals are being run down.
11, All rivers run down to the sea.
12, My car battery has run down; it needs recharging.
13, After about six hours, the battery will run down.
14, I felt a sharp pain run down my leg.
15, The coal industry is being run down.
16, These batteries can be recharged when they run down.
17, If you leave your headlights on you'll soon run down the battery.
18, His father is terribly run down and is unfit for work right now.
19, The local steelworks is being run down and is likely to close within three years.
20, It's a lovely sunny day; why don't we run down to the coast?
21, She felt a tremor run down her back when she saw him.
22, The criminal was eventually run down in the woods near his home.
23, The old man was run down by a big lorry.
24, Let me just run down the list of people who've been invited.
25, I have run down the word in my dictionary eventually.
26, The battery has run down.
27, I was ready to run down to the nursery.
28, You're run down -- you need a vacation.
29, The driver chocked up the back wheels so that the car could not run down the slope.
30, I'll lay on a car tomorrow and have you run down to London.
More similar words: window, turn down, round off, round and round, run, trunk, run out, run off, runner, on the run, run into, run out of, run over, truncated, run through, random, hand on, hand out, in the long run, off and on, find out, send out, kind of, abandon, stand out, and others, in and out, vendor, hand over, demand of. 
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