runner

Definition:
1. Someone who imports or exports without paying duties.
2. Someone who travels on foot by running.
3. A person who is employed to deliver messages or documents.
4. A baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base.
5. A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips.
6. A trained athlete who competes in foot races.

Use 'runner' in a sentence:

• 1. When he risked coming out of the cave, he found another stricken runner lying on the ground in bad condition.
• 2. The sound that woke Zhu was the cry of a runner in the marathon.
• 3. No, it's just the top story and the runner-up.
• 4. There are 18 runners in the top race of the day.
• 5. If you want to be an excellent runner like Liu Xiang, you must be in good health and be prepared to go through much hard work.
• 6. His appointment is a complete surprise — he has never been mentioned as a front runner.
• 7. Who is the faster runner, Mike or Sam?
• 8. Zhu took him into the cave, lit a fire and covered the stricken runner with his quilts.
• 9. All of them were black and white images of a runner, with a quote that expressed their reason for running.
• 10. Runners can dehydrate very quickly in this heat.
• 11. She ran every morning so that she would realize her dream of being the best runner in the school.
• 12. If the runner runs one kilometer, the providers each give the runner $1 for the charity.
• 13. At this stage of development, the runner does not move.
• 14. If you run, you are a runner.
• 15. I am a very keen runner and am out training most days.
• 16. The average runner can run 2 miles in fifteen minutes.
• 17. Was there a moment when you finally thought of yourself as a runner or you were suddenly more aware of the progress that you had made?
• 18. He used to be a slow runner.
• 19. If you're running a race at school, imagine yourself as a top runner.
• 20. In Asia, Su Bingtian runs faster than any other runner in the men's 100 meters.
• 21. Olivia Wilde should be a front runner because she fit the role of an action starlet perfectly.
• 22. In the late 1950s, Philip Knight was a middle-distance runner on the University of Oregon track team, coached by Bill Bowerman.
• 23. "That's surprising," a runner in his twenties said after seeing Wang compete in the Liaoning marathon in April.
• 24. The runners have noticeably quickened their pace.
• 25. There was a suspicion that this runner attempted to avoid the procedures for dope testing.
• 26. The British athlete Derek Redmond was a top runner: he had a very good chance of winning a medal.
• 27. A running track should be capable of absorbing the impact of a runner's foot landing on it.
• 28. There was a bit of a kerfuffle during the race when a dog impeded the leading runners.
• 29. Could Bill realize his dream of being an "all-school" runner?
• 30. The runner hurdled the fence.
• 31. But to everyone's surprise, Terry Fox made up his mind to become a long-distance runner and do something about the cancer.
• 32. Let's say you have been a runner for some time and you have been running daily.
• 33. Kenya's long distance runners have taken the athletics world by storm.
• 34. It would be like asking a marathon runner if they feel pain.
• 35. I was gaining on the other runners with every stride.
• 36. With every stride, runners hit the ground with up to five times their body-weight.
• 37. Most of the runners in the London Marathon are raising money for charity.
• 38. The conditions may tilt the balance in favour of the Kenyan runners.
• 39. By lap two Walker was two metres clear of the rest of the runners.
• 40. On the last lap three runners were disputing the lead.
• 41. There was a suspicion that this runner attempted to avoid the procedures for drug testing.
• 42. There is always a strange collection of runners in the London Marathon.
• 43. The runners accelerated smoothly around the bend.
• 44. The Houses of Parliament are built from a mix of asparagus, green beans and runner beans which are mixed with baby sweetcorn to depict the intricate stonework.
• 45. The runners set off at a blistering pace.
• 46. Coming out of the final bend, the runner stepped up a gear to overtake the rest of the pack.
• 47. The French runner is coming up fast on the inside.
• 48. She finished the race way ahead of the other runners.
• 49. The runners jockeyed for position at the start.
• 50. The first runner to reach second base in the game was John Flaherty.
• 51. He easily outpaced the other runners.
• 52. So you're a runner, huh?
• 53. In the second race, the American competitor edged out the Ethiopian runner by less than a second.
• 54. There were so many runners that they had to stagger the start.
• 55. At this point, the accountant did a runner — with all my bank statements, expenses and receipts.
• 56. She beat the other runners by a margin of ten seconds.
• 57. Three runners sprinted past.