How to Use runaway in a Sentence

runaway

1 of 3 noun
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  • All 12 members of the Pelham squad scored in the runaway.
    — al, 27 Jan. 2023
  • There was one area in which Moore won in a runaway: points per drive.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • But, what appeared to be a runaway turned out close, thanks to a pair of late scores from the Comets.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 12 Nov. 2022
  • If Nevaeh wasn’t a runaway, then what had happened to her?
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 1 June 2023
  • The Ragin’ Cajuns scored five runs in the top of the first and added six more in the third and four in the fourth to turn the title game into a runaway.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 15 May 2021
  • Painesville police were then alerted about the runaway of McGuire.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 13 Dec. 2020
  • Lord Tewksbury is a runaway with a big bounty on his head.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Her husband had not appeared on the platform, hauled out as a runaway.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023
  • McGill-Toolen had 12 different players to score in the runaway.
    — al, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Earlier that day, the woman believed the dog was a runaway.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The game was a tidy affair until the ninth inning, when the Dodgers turned a 4-1 lead into a runaway with an eight-run rally.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2022
  • She had been reported as a runaway and had been with Salaam for the previous three weeks.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 5 June 2021
  • There were no records of Herr being listed as missing or a runaway.
    — Fox News, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Wylie police are searching for a 15-year-old runaway who has not been seen since Sunday.
    — Dallas News, 27 Jan. 2021
  • Each brand had the opportunity to have the spotlight as their garments hit the runaway.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Neighbors was charged with one count of harboring a runaway.
    — Fox News, 17 June 2022
  • With questions scattered across the roster out of spring training, they weren't supposed to win the AL Central in a runaway.
    — Tom Withers, ajc, 19 Oct. 2022
  • When the officer ran her name through the system, Savannah came up as a runaway.
    — Bernice Yeung, The New Yorker, 26 July 2023
  • The two teens had lived in the same house as 8-year-old Taryn Summers, who was reported as a runaway by her grandmother on April 12.
    — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2021
  • That win at Congressional was a runaway from the start, with McIlroy lapping the field and winning by eight shots.
    — Arkansas Online, 20 June 2021
  • Embedded in the denim used to strangle 16-year-old runaway Wendy Lee Coffield were the tiny spheres of spray paint that would take more than two decades to detect.
    — Lewis Kamb, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Michael walked barefoot to Bradley’s house, but her parents called the cops, concerned about harboring a runaway (Michael was 17).
    — Molly Langmuir, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The cops largely drag their feet, writing off Jazz as just another teen runaway.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Arrest records indicate that the victim, who was referred to as a runaway, was trafficked out of the hotel.
    — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 25 July 2023
  • As white vigilantes go on a rampage, the prospect of safety for runaways lies just across the border in Mexico.
    — Alida Becker, New York Times, 5 May 2023
  • The suspect had been reported as a runaway by his parents the previous day.
    — Cheryl Higley, cleveland, 6 Mar. 2021
  • The Trojans blasted Auburn commitment Elliott Bray for eight runs in the opening inning and cruised to a 21-1 runaway.
    — al, 16 Mar. 2021
  • At the time, many believed police brushed off the disappearances as runaways.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The humans dispatch a hunter (New Zealand star Temuera Morrison) to retrieve the runaway.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Replacing flammable electrolytes with a flame-retardant electrolyte has the potential to make lithium-ion batteries safer, and can buy time for longer-term improvements that reduce inherent risks of overheating and thermal runaway.
    — Apparao Rao, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2024
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runaway

2 of 3 adjective
  • The play was a runaway success.
  • Given the runaway success of the movie, could a sequel be in the works?
    — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 26 July 2023
  • The Guardians haven’t had many runaway wins this season.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2023
  • That means employers are the ones bearing the risk of runaway costs.
    — David Wainer, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The runaway hype of the preseason is about to give way the cold reality of Week 1 in the NFL.
    — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The score was his fourth of 2023, making FCC's runaway team leader.
    — The Enquirer, 23 Apr. 2023
  • In the late 1960s, Covey, a runaway bride disappears off the coast of Jamaica.
    — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 2 Oct. 2023
  • That was almost the extent of efforts to chip away at the runaway front-runner.
    — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The book became a runaway bestseller in 2019 and is now being made into a movie.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Not even a leg injury that sidelined Cheli for a month down the stretch slowed down this runaway group.
    — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Stranger Things is a runaway No. 1 in Nielsen’s year-end streaming rankings.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The weir was there to prevent the same kind of runaway erosion that would happen if water flowed over the dam itself.
    — Christopher Cox Spencer Lowell, New York Times, 22 June 2023
  • The streak continues for Hazel Green after the runaway Area 16 home win on Friday.
    — al, 23 Jan. 2023
  • In one episode, Daddy Pig (Richard Ridings) is shown to be scared of heights, and a runaway caravan flies down a hill.
    — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • No injuries were reported as a result of the runaway deer.
    — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Mortgage rates are expected to be volatile for as long as the Fed has to work to pull back runaway inflation.
    — Anna Bahney, CNN, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Down in the living room, the twins and their squealing girlfriends fled the naked youth, who then set off in pursuit of his runaway grandmother.
    — Werner Herzog, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Leisure and hospitality was the runaway leader in job creation both for the month and year-over year.
    — Andrew Moreau, Arkansas Online, 17 June 2023
  • The series has become a runaway hit largely thanks to Mr. Cumming, who hosts it with campy archness.
    — Juan A. Ramírez, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Not surprisingly, Banchero is the runaway favorite to claim Rookie of the Year honors.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Mar. 2023
  • With last year’s runaway inflation, though, the rent cap permitted landlords to raise rents by as much as 14.6%.
    — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 24 June 2023
  • This time, police caught up with her and another runaway foster child at the gas station.
    — Ed Williams, ProPublica, 7 Apr. 2023
  • But unless there’s a runaway success in the mix, these films won’t offset the absence of a billion-dollar tentpole.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The basic scenario is as follows: a runaway trolley is speeding down the tracks and will hit and kill five people who are unable to move.
    — WIRED, 24 Mar. 2023
  • That runaway success might have surprised some actors, but not Walsh.
    — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2024
  • In a scenario of runaway climate change and uncurbed fossil fuel use, 10 times the amount of property—$45 billion worth—is at risk each year by the end of the century.
    — Kyla Mandel, Time, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Winfield left the program for a few years and worked with an organization that served runaway youths.
    — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Hundreds of forkfuls later, the results were clear: At the bottom of the heap there were a couple of truly bad brands, and there was one clear, runaway winner.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Even the Vegas oddsmakers (yes, people bet on these things) have him as the runaway favorite.
    — Scott Phillips, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The impact of the runaway blade was felt by everyone in Quicktrips, owner Amit Grewal told the outlet.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2024
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run away

3 of 3 verb
  • Among this year toons, the chickens ran away with the show.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The suspects were unable to steal the car and ran away.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The deer come up to you, and the bears don’t run away from you, which can be a problem.
    — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 25 May 2024
  • After a few beeps, both bears run away from the garage and Gold's home.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Twin sisters run away from the small town where they were raised.
    — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Lincoln ran away in the fourth quarter and led by as many as 22 down the stretch.
    — Scott Sepich, oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Pick up small children: Don’t let kids run away from the bear.
    — Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 12 July 2024
  • Pick up small children: Don’t let kids run away from the bear.
    — Helena Wegner, Idaho Statesman, 20 June 2024
  • Benjamin was able to run away from Tebogo down the stretch and home to gold.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Michael runs away to India for two years while Francesca holds down the fort of the estate.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 13 June 2024
  • But Grinch wasn’t running away from any of those hard truths.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
  • On that day, the Yankees were 50-22 and threatening to run away with the AL East.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2024
  • The two run away to New Orleans at the age of 16 and set off on different paths.
    — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2023
  • The bear swipes at him, knocking him to the ground, before running away.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2023
  • At 17, this New York native ran away from their uncle and aunt’s home in the Bronx.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Aries March 21 – April 19 Greed could run away with you today.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2024
  • Your Airbnb guests throw up in someone else’s hot tub, then run away.
    — Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 5 Aug. 2024
  • One 17-year-old was hit in the leg and when police showed up to assist the teen, the other two ran away.
    — Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2024
  • After all, Gabi did agree to run away with him in order to save Lacey.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The boy was seen running away from the car completely naked.
    — Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2024
  • The man allegedly struck the woman on the back of the head with a handgun, took her purse and then ran away on foot.
    — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Perhaps my test assailant didn't nab the phone or run away fast enough.
    — PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Police said that the boy had spent the night alone in the store after running away from home, per the outlets.
    — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Then two more suspects jumped out of the vehicle and ran away in South Gate.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 3 July 2024
  • As a woman approaches the goat to try to help the officer, the goat runs away on the shoulder of the road.
    — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The patrol was called again to help when the two boys ran away later that month, Parrott said.
    — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Police said the boy tried to run away and pulled what looked like a handgun out of his pocket.
    — Cait Bladt, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Also, do not run away as this may trigger them to chase you and/or your dog.
    — Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
  • In one image, a boy appears to run away from a car engulfed in flames.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Police said the driver got out of the car and tried to run away, but officers detained him.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024

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