Synonym: functional, linear, operative, run, running game, running play, running, track, working. Similar words: cunning, planning, at the beginning, at the beginning of, runner, run into, mining, dining. Meaning: ['rʌnɪŋ] n. 1. (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team 2. the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace 3. the state of being in operation 4. the act of administering or being in charge of something 5. the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track. adj. 1. moving quickly on foot 2. (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream 3. continually repeated over a period of time 4. of advancing the ball by running 5. executed or initiated by running 6. measured lengthwise 7. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing.
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121. It is impossible to win the great prizes in life without running risks.
122. Barry was sitting on the bed, tying the laces of an old pair of running shoes.
123. Running the business helped to fill the void after his wife died.
124. The country is running a balance-of-payments/budget/trade deficit of $250 million.
125. There's no profit in running a cinema in this town.
126. Katie had drawn a cottage with a little stream running next to it.
127. A little boy came running up and tugged at his sleeve excitedly.
128. She was seen running away from the scene of the crime.
129. The butterfly is black and white with a blue stripe running down each wing.
130. They claim that the government is secretly running down the Youth Training Schemes.
131. I seem to have been running round in circles all day and yet I've got no progress to show for it.
132. Public expenditure was running at 44 . 6 % of GNP.
133. I seemed to spend my life running errands for people.
134. All the advantage isn't in running fast(sentencedict.com), but rather in getting an early start.
135. Jim was running well until he tipped up and fell, losing the race.
136. I've been long-distance running a lot to get myself into shape.
137. We were heated up after running for about one hour.
138. The children come running hotfoot when they hear tea is ready.
139. He seems to be running a one-man crusade against cigarette smoking.
140. They fought running battles in the narrow streets with police.
141. Running along the beach,[www.Sentencedict.com] she stumbled on a log and fell on the sand.
142. With four small children running around, the place is a madhouse.
143. He and others in the rogues' gallery of international terrorists may be running out of time.
144. Unless we can supply our forward units, the advance is in danger of running out of steam.
145. He's always running down his wife's cooking.
146. He became thirsty with running.
147. The bath / The bath water is running over.
148. I heard you were running after Miss Brown.
149. He's running so well, surely he'll take the gold.
150. The machines are kept running night and day.
More similar words: cunning, planning, at the beginning, at the beginning of, runner, run into, mining, dining, raining, opening, burning, warning, whining, evening, morning, moaning, training, earnings, examining, happening, retaining, remaining, lightning, returning, gardening, adjoining, reasoning, designing, screening, glistening.