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.
