How To Use Run away In A Sentence

Her suicide bid was an attempt to run away from reality.
He reloaded his shotgun to fire the second shot, which hit Ward in the back as he tried to run away.
Her suicide bid was an attempt to run away from reality.
They'll see the yucky black emptiness inside, and they'll be repulsed and run away.
RUDIN: No, and that's one that the Democrats should have run away with, and that's the one with Richard Blumenthal, the state attorney general, against Linda McMahon, the former wrestling executive, who seems to have a hammerlock on him going into November 2nd. Political Attack Ads Work, But Are They True?

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Anyway after holding him up with a knife Ivan has put Dave through a window so it really is time to run away.
The chopping board is sloped and has grooves to grip the food and to encourage liquid to run away from the cutting area.
They escaped after the woman pretended she would run away with him. The Sun
Don't run away with the idea that this job is going to be easy.
From elegant trapeze artists to humorous anecdotal scenes of circus life on a shoestring budget, you can see why Camille is tempted to join Petra and run away with the circus.
We must not exclude the possibility that the child has run away.
They escaped after the woman pretended she would run away with him. The Sun
As they start researching, the details of the picture come together for the reader, who wonders why the heck they don't get it a lot sooner and run away to Australia (as if that might make their lives any safer -- Max has a _lot_ of money and no ethics at all). Analog Science Fiction and Fact
They hear a loud noise (Andrew crashing the keys on his piano) and run away.
Both sides failed to run away with the lead and on 15 minutes of play they had three points apiece.
He had no intention of enduring this smothering by overkindness any longer than it took him to figure out how to run away, and where to run to. The Fourth R
Her suicide bid was an attempt to run away from reality.
Although a king cobra can grow to 15ft and has enough venom to knock out an elephant, its first instinct is always to run away from humans. Times, Sunday Times
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! Ralph Waldo Emerson
Animals also restrain their aggression because it is disadvantageous to fight stronger opponents - it is better to run away.
When he finally reached the shore he had to run away under machinegun fire. Times, Sunday Times
My hope was that I could gross out whoever it was with day-old garbage, giving me time to run away. How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf
He will then pull these ribbons from her hair and run away with them. The Times Literary Supplement
Of course, Rob got in, even if he had to run away and smouch a little about how old he was. The Young Alaskans on the Missouri
You could have a sense of the macabre if you allowed your imagination to run away with you. Times, Sunday Times
Rocking-horses can't run away," Sue said, shaking her head, the hair of which needed brushing, as it had become "tousled" in her sleep. Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue
Well, for one thing it's OK to shriek and run away from the ball if it comes near you.
Knowing her father's opposition to the young man, Nina decided to run away with him.
The concept of a human character has been replaced by a cardboard cut-out, each of which serves one of two purposes: to run away from the dinosaurs or to be eaten by them.
Looking at all the accusing faces, she felt a sudden urge to run away.
But brutal conditions and the taunts of the mortician's apprentice cause a defiant Oliver to run away to London.
Acid users who have a bad trip often try to physically run away from the experience and can become a danger to themselves, by running into the road for instance.
A marine has admitted to executing an enemy soldier by shooting him in the back of the head, and killing another who was trying to run away.
His brothers kept track of him and lost no opportunity to illtreat him, and he resolved to run away from Boston and go to some place where they could not find him. The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories
The sudden appearance of her divorced husband caused her to run away.
The trick, according to Montaigne and the Stoics, is to not let your emotions run away with you. Kenny Rogers and Michel de Montaigne Separated at Birth? « So Many Books
Danger - if you meet it promptly and without flinching - you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! Winston Churchill
Newport looked poised to run away with it, but Bridgend refused to cave in.
He's a pussy who would run away from a full-on barney.
These creatures can't run away, they slither on the ice. The Sun
Police officers run toward the problem while others run away. Christianity Today
Last time I was teaching them however, I was clawing at the door by about two o'clock hoping that someone would walk past so I could grab them and run away.
People run away when they see you, they scream in your ears, faint, or come after you with a four-pronged hay fork.
Turning away from childish games, she used to hide herself in retired chambers, that she might give herself up more completely to prayer; and by constantly reading the deeds of holy men, she was so inflamed with the desire of a more austere life, that she even laid a plan with her brother to run away from their father's house and to betake themselves to a desert place. 29 December -- St Thomas of Canterbury
For some reason, my mindset was to go out there and try to run away from the beginning and to dominate the race.
The sudden appearance of her divorced husband caused her to run away.
And he had got back the wild moufflon, which had run away when he was attacked. Grazia Deledda: Voice of Sardinia
Don't, however, run away with the idea that this is bushwalking for softies. Times, Sunday Times
Dying, the indiscussible, the unmentionable, the thing we run away from, the word for access all areas. Times, Sunday Times
His first instinct was to run away from danger.
“Did Alf Moult try to rob the till and run away in a fright when he foozled the job?” Tied Up in Tinsel
Can one decide whether its recreations of an event have a sound basis, or has imagination run away with the imaginer?
In fact, the highest-rated hour of Game Six came after Arizona had all but run away with the game, almost as if America was taking some sort of sick pleasure at watching the Yankees take a pasting.
Stories “The Scent of Copper Pennies” and “Jen at the Crossroads” and poem “The God of the Crossroads” — all about the vodun loa Papa Legba, the opener of the way, and all about parallel universes, but more importantly, all about those linchpin moments in life, those choices that change everything forever after; decisions to leave, or stay, or love, or run away. Thematic Circling «
These creatures can't run away, they slither on the ice. The Sun
You're letting your imagination run away with you.
The mere sight of one makes her feel sick and want to run away. The Sun
They tried to shoot in reply, to abandon the damaged vessels in escape pods, but could hardly run away from the crushing defeat.
The sudden appearance of a policeman caused the thief to run away.
The east wind settled down a bit to 10 mph and we decide to run away from it anyway.
In the ensuing confrontation, the kids smash the rear window of Palmer's car and run away.
He also remembered an incident when he was 8 when he had run away from school and remained undiscovered in a local playground overnight. Know Your Own Mind
She was slightly agitated and upset, but not upset enough to run away.
For example, the story is set in some nameless east coast U.S. town and when the stolen child of the title decides to run away, he stuffs his pockets with biscuits, not cookies and they weren't talking about the baking soda variety. Reading, Writing, Cooking and Crafting: The middle bit
I have mad respect for the filmmakers for being at a place where most other folks would rather run away from.
He overcame a strong temptation to run away.
We live in a world that is competitive in spirit and action. We cannot run away from competition, and we have to pay a heavy price for being uncompetitive. Dr T.P.Chia
You was barehead, barefoot; you run away from home. The song of the lark
I don't want you to run away with the impression that all I do is sign cheques all day.
And sexually abused and physically battered kids run away from home.
It also felt unlikely to run away with you, so that its stiff switch remains inexplicable but seems far less important. Times, Sunday Times
I hated it when I was a teenager, sulking under the restrictions of life in a small village, pining to run away to London, to wear lace leggings, kohl my eyes, and backcomb my hair like the girls in Just Seventeen. *Earworms and guilty pleasures and country roads
After a short distance, the driver was able to get out and run away unharmed while the thief climbed into the driving seat and drove off.
Maybe he thought if that happened I would get pigeon-hearted and run away from this place.
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. Thomas Fuller
Don't run away with the impression that he doesn't care.
Many have been recruited forcibly, while others have run away from home, lured by the promise of food. Times, Sunday Times
He will then pull these ribbons from her hair and run away with them. The Times Literary Supplement
Right you are, Felipe, my lad," said the trader in a more than usual kindly voice, "bring him up, Atalina, and then run away to the chief's and get some of the _aua-luma_ to come over, with you and make a bowl of kava. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896
She brings back the monkey who had again run away to her attic under the roof. A Little Princess
For example, when I was in primary school I learned that boys are icky and should you touch them you'll get cooties or, even worse, the lurgy and everyone will run away from you.
The sudden appearance of a policeman caused the thief to run away.
Could his new-found fortune prove enough of an allure for her to run away with him?
His first instinct was to run away.
To be sure, I would tell him how kindly I had myself been used upon that dry land he was so much afraid of, and how well fed and carefully taught both by my friends and my parents: and if he had been recently hurt, he would weep bitterly and swear to run away; but if he was in his usual crackbrain humour, or (still more) if he had had a glass of spirits in the roundhouse, he would deride the notion. Kidnapped: The Adventures of David Balfour
Late that evening Dick Blaine, returning from a desultory dinner at the club across the river, very nearly fell into the trap-door, for the hamal had run away too, thinking he would surely be accused of all the mischief, and no lamps were lit. Guns of the Gods
Anybody who disputes this need only ask: why do sponsors run away just as soon as the tabloids publish their first exposé? Times, Sunday Times
The sudden appearance of a policeman caused the thief to run away.
When he finally reached the shore he had to run away under machinegun fire. Times, Sunday Times
His first instinct was to run away from danger.
I am going along so that no one will run away with you," Bob announced with an assumption of manliness.
Here, where the privates of a regiment hold a mass meeting and discuss for hours an order to advance to the relief of sorely pressed comrades and decide not to obey it, and eventually throw down their rifles and with a meus conscia recti, proudly run away, we have Democracy with a vengeance. Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy
One day, the headmistress rang to say she'd run away. Times, Sunday Times
To be fair, it had let expenditure run away last year and had to take corrective action. Times, Sunday Times
Everyone else was either insentient or had run away.
Her suicide bid was an attempt to run away from reality.
Indeed, a person married to a cruel or irresponsible spouse had little recourse but to run away or accept the unhappy situation. America Past and Present
If that's the case he's having a midlife crisis so run away quick. The Sun
I stepped on her peplos so she wouldn't be able to pull herself up and run away.
Dame Helen Mirren, scared that another Oscar might make her husband run away, will redub her performance in The Tempest so that Prospera shouts everything in an inexplicably high-pitched Jamaican accent. ‘Bombshell’ McGee Sorry For Banging Sandra Bullock’s Chap
She imagined that her lodger was a young lady who for some reason had run away from her friends. Fan : the story of a young girl's life
They only tend to emerge as young adults when they have gained the confidence to run away. Times, Sunday Times
They won't always fight; sometimes they run away very meek; the best way to kill'em is to put a ball in the eye, sir; thar's no use in wasting shot in a 'gaiter's hide. The Great South; A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland
The hero of Troneg spake: “I do it in the hope that if we have a coward on this journey, who through faint-heartedness would run away, that in this stream he may die a shameful death.” The Nibelungenlied
Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going. Phyllis Diller
Throughout that forenoon, then, this bull bellowed nobly, still finding many very wicked flies about, so that two mitching boys, who meant to fish for minnows with a pin, were obliged to run away again. Erema
Without oversight, strong regulation and strict enforcement run away greed, self-indulgence and gross dishonesty take over and the result is what we have experienced. Crist wants special session, amendment to ban offshore drilling
Sarah, like Casaubon's aunt Julia, had run away from her family's household to go on the stage.
The candidate tried to run away from controversial issues by pretending to be ill.
You could have a sense of the macabre if you allowed your imagination to run away with you. Times, Sunday Times
But whatever might be their blunders and aukwardness, the sagacious Kieft, declared them to be of but little importance — since, as he judiciously observed, one campaign would be of more instruction to them than a hundred parades; for though two-thirds of them might be food for powder, yet such of the other third as did not run away, would become most experienced veterans. A History of New York
In popular mythology, kids used to run away from home to do just that.
Born near Dublin, the son of a silversmith and a mantua maker, he'd run away from grammar school at 16 and joined a bank of strolling players.
Amber stands poised, as if ready to run -- _run away from me? Asimov's Science Fiction
She may not be able to tackle him anymore, but she does still have her lasso at her side, and he is standing so close that if she just slung it over his neck I doubt he could run away.
When he finally reached the shore he had to run away under machinegun fire. Times, Sunday Times
They only tend to emerge as young adults when they have gained the confidence to run away. Times, Sunday Times
She related how he had run away from home as a boy.
`You beseech me to come to you for ever, to run away, ask to divorce Kurt. IN LOVE AND WAR
I have omitted to state that this was the second time I had run away from him; while I was gone thefirst time, he extorted from my wife the fact that I had been in the habit of running away, beforewe left Kentucky; that I had been to Canada, and that I was trying to learn the art of reading and writing. Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb
He overcame a strong temptation to run away.
His first instinct was to run away from danger.
Show an elephant a mouse and it will carry on regardless, but angry bees could drive a whole herd to run away. Times, Sunday Times
God knows, nothing of this kind was ever in my thoughts; but I have entered very deeply into your affliction with regard to your Mother; and while I was wishing, the many poor souls in the kind of desponding way she is in, whom I have seen, came afresh into my mind; and all the mismanagement with which I have seen them treated was strong in my mind, and I wrote under a forcible impulse, which I could not at that time resist, but I have fretted so much about it since, that I think it is the last time I will ever let my pen run away with me. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb
Show an elephant a mouse and it will carry on regardless, but angry bees could drive a whole herd to run away. Times, Sunday Times
Suddenly the suitcase would sprout two little legs and run away. Times, Sunday Times
It is an assemblage of indefinite thickness made from planes superimposed one atop the other or from a network of cracks on thin layers of foggy glass that converge on a central point and run away again or from a collection of superimposed spiders' webs or from juxtaposed onionskin maps of the infrastructures of cities. A Story
Her first impulse was to run away.
fortunately she had the good sense to run away
I once read that in battle the most dangerous thing you could do was run away.
And sexually abused and physically battered kids run away from home.
Knowing her father's opposition to the young man, Nina decided to run away with him.
The teen has run away from care several times and has also spent time in psychiatric hospitals.
Before you run away, lemme just say that I'm pretty sobered up now.
So Monday i came to school i have these two best friends lets say her name is kim and the other is alice so at recess we play this game me and alice we run away from kim so she kept following us its like Tag!. so Kim got tired and we just kept laughing but the only reason we did it is becuz me and kim used to do it at alice all the time. so yh anyway kim got really mad she said i dont want to talk to you guys anymore, its a stupid reason to be mad! so me and alice didnt talk to her since kim said that there was no need to argue anymore, we didnt talk to her for the rest of the day she doesnt have anymore friends, so she sat alone. then at the nd of the day alice told me you have to come to school tomorro dont be absent this week!!! cuz she doesnt want to sit with her cuz she is still mad! so i promised her that i wont the next i didnt go my mom didnt wake me so i got so mad. then the next day i DID came i said hi to alice then kim camed and kept talking to alice alot like they were avoiding me! Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
Even if he doesn't die in war, which is no doubt God's plan for the corrupt cur, and if he doesn't run away with a Yankee brat as I predict, you shan't see him.
Many have been recruited forcibly, while others have run away from home, lured by the promise of food. Times, Sunday Times
Just go up to somebody on the street and say, "You're it!" and just run away. Ellen Degeneres
That first time away from home I got lonesome and decided to run away with two friends.
The old dame had such large teeth that the girl felt frightened and wanted to run away, but the old woman called after her
The deer never became tame; they would run away if you approached them.
The sudden appearance of a policeman caused the thief to run away.
As I went towards the boy, he began to run away.
Many youngsters run away from abusive homes, or after being in care end up with nowhere to go.
Q We have three pygmy goats, two of which are timid and run away when approached. Times, Sunday Times
It also felt unlikely to run away with you, so that its stiff switch remains inexplicable but seems far less important. Times, Sunday Times
You’re missing the corollary: the offensive ballhandler is supposed to run away from the intentional foul as a way of burning time. Matthew Yglesias » The Plan
The peristylium itself, despite its mute and lonely magnificence, bore traces of the turmoil that reigned throughout the city; there were obvious signs that men had lived and worked here but a very little while ago, that they had been afraid and then had run away. "Unto Caesar"
She was running, that was all - running as if she could run away from all the horrible things that had happened.
(Soundbite of laughter) ALEXIS: So what keeps me fascinated is what I considered one of the great mysteries of history: Why did Antony put that huge army and fleet together to battle Octavian and then run away from them and back to her and leave them to be decimated? The True Story Of 'Antony And Cleopatra'
Despair hung in dark clouds between the kitchen cupboards and the pine lamps; she felt an intense and instant desire to flee, to run away, home to the children, to kiss them and embrace their cozy chubbiness, home to Thomas, to love him with all of her body and all of her mind. Red Wolf
Frankie had not been neutered, which is a primary reason why male dogs run away, said Joan Roberts, owner of Pierre Le Bark's Pet Boutique, which is inside the animal hospital owned by her husband, veterinarian Humphrey Roberts. DailyHerald.com > News
Withdraw, run away, shut down, sit spaced-out in front of the TV Margaret Paul, Ph.D.: "If You Really Loved Me, You Wouldn't..."
She is clearly unhappy in a social order where money matters, where middle-aged men become recluses and run away from their families when they lose their salaries.
When found, the children said they'd run away for a dare.
The two men managed to run away and the strikers began sjambokking and hitting Grobbelaar with sticks.
She stayed with Reese as he unsaddled the horse, she was surprised when he just slapped it on the rump and let it gallop off, wouldn't it run away?
Because the soldiers also resisted the impulse to run away, they had to accept my entirely spurious confidence as if it was soundly based. The Times Literary Supplement
Remaining motionless is their best defense, but when startled, snowshoes rely on their long, powerful hind legs to run away from danger. How to Hunt Snowshoe Hares
There is one possibility that fazes him: "If all 5,000 rooms ordered, I'd run away," he says. When 12,000 Guests Spend the Night
He was slightly ashamed at having run away.
Within a week, his wife had run away with another man, he'd lost his job as a shipping clerk and he had broken his leg chasing a black cat to keep it from crossing his path.
Nick wants to believe his father, a numbers runner, did not run away, but was murdered.
It's not like an experience where people shudder or run away from the camera when they see you.
Powell let his libidinous imagination run away with him.
There were people who believed that he had run away again, this time never to return; among those who held to this opinion being Mrs. Louden and her sister, Joe's stepaunt. The Conquest of Canaan
Don't let your imagination run away with you .
They only tend to emerge as young adults when they have gained the confidence to run away. Times, Sunday Times
When he finally reached the shore he had to run away under machinegun fire. Times, Sunday Times
He did!" the hens cackled, meaning that Turkey Proudfoot had run away from the geese. The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot Slumber-Town Tales
Because the soldiers also resisted the impulse to run away, they had to accept my entirely spurious confidence as if it was soundly based. The Times Literary Supplement
He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away.
If I see something with a flat, glossy cover, I think eep, self published, run away!. Msagara: An open letter to Trade Publishers
He tried to run away from the police and was charged with resisting arrest.
The profligates that biologists call stem cells have their own secret for staying young: run away and hide in a place far from the machinations of transcription factors with an eye on your genes.
The term implies that when times get tough, non-Japanese simply run away. David Wagner: To Stay or Not to Stay: That is the Question
He will then pull these ribbons from her hair and run away with them. The Times Literary Supplement
Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going. Phyllis Diller
They tried their best to run away from controversial issues.
The loss of power will make the careerists and parasites run away from the party after they see that nothing more will be served on the party's table, and will head to the richer masses of the new time.
He will then pull these ribbons from her hair and run away with them. The Times Literary Supplement
The Lancaster forces were routed and King Henry, the poor wandering lost King Henry who does not know fully where he is, even when he is in his palace at Whitehall, has run away into the moors of Northumberland, a price on his head as if he were an outlaw, without attendants, without friends, without even followers, like a borderer rebel as wild as a chough. The White Queen
Her first impulse was to run away.
My spontaneous reaction was to run away.
An Iraqi judge from 13th-century CE described sharks in the Tigris River as having eyes "like fires of blood ... all other species run away from it" and the Mayans had an ominous, killer demon known as Ah Xoc, which some have argued gave us the word shark. The Seattle Times
He moved on to the national stage, bestrode it, and then let his talents run away into the sands of Liberal Unionism and Tariff Reform.
The rest of his army is a miscellaneous rabble who have never seen war, and will run away when they hear the first shot fired.
Her first impulse was to run away.
`You beseech me to come to you for ever, to run away, ask to divorce Kurt. IN LOVE AND WAR
Defensive pushes and snicks off spinners that run away for four make mockeries of genuine skills. Times, Sunday Times
He had found her, a run away vagabond, on the side of the road.
Ef de gubment won't take keer o 'de darkeys y'her, an' gib 'em a white man's chance, dey'll run away, jes 'ez dey did in slave times. A Fool's Errand. By One of the Fools
Police officers run toward the problem while others run away. Christianity Today
Yes, I would mooch a ride with him… if he didn't run away before I could talk to him.
Actually I think there would be no contest since the weenier one would just run away. Progressive U - The new media voice for students
You could not run away from the sound of their calling even if you wanted to.
He just wanted to run away and hide.
I had to run away from my creditor whom I made a usurious loan.
Now as an adult, Doug is about to learn that his adventure in Valdonia was only beginning and that there are some things you can never run away from. Oni Sneak Peek for the Week of December 02, 2009 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
When he finally reached the shore he had to run away under machinegun fire. Times, Sunday Times

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