How To Use Run down In A Sentence

The Orbo generator is fed from a battery which it, in turn, recharges; with an intact 1st law of thermodynamics, less energy must be generated than consumed and so the battery will run down and the machine stop. The perpetual motion machine « Anglican Samizdat
The cause of God's people, and of that holy religion which they profess, is a righteous cause, otherwise the righteous God would not appear for it; yet it may for a time be run down, and seem as if it were lost. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
Twenty-four hours later, as the train slows outside Mogaung, I hop off, run down a dirt road, and leap into the first trishaw I see.
First we'll run down the basic differences between the more common types of beer.
She smiled at his playfulness and bit into an apple, tonguing a bit of sweet juice that threatened to run down the side of her lip.

The driver chocked up the back wheels so that the car could not run down the slope.
So how exactly did walt-the-ought run down the middle of the freeway, live-streaming himself, within thirty seconds of the vote? FRIDAY MIDNIGHT FIVE STARS • by David J. Rank
The south side of town is pretty run down.
He broke out in a cold sweat, feeling the trickles of perspiration run down his clammy face.
It is now 12 years since our rail system was disastrously privatised and allowed to run down.
I felt the hot trickle of blood run down my leg, felt particles of cement abrading my hands. Haven
I gratefully grab a cup from a girl in a yellow bib, take a couple of sips and pour the cold water over my head, feeling it douse my hair, run down my face and trickle onto my chest.
Pepe's house is an old run down, small cinema with boarded up windows and graffiti adorning the brick walls.
Most firms have run down their stocks and inventory depletion is now almost complete. Times, Sunday Times
His stormy gaze swept over all the buildings until it landed on a run down apartment with boarded up windows and crumbling walls.
The tears spilled over and started to run down her cheeks.
Many moons ago, actually about 24 years to the day, I was very nearly run down by a bus.
As he yells the last part five burly men run down the stairs carrying fully automatic weapons with extended clips.
If you've let the fuel run down to rock bottom very often, you might find your car stalling and sputtering.
Don't run down the stairs. Just walk down slowly.
The scaffold of the temporary stands which run down one side was being dismantled. Times, Sunday Times
The gadroons run down the 45 mm case and the dial.
He has shown the ability to fire off the line, outmuscle blockers and run down plays away from him. Versatility at end position: Rating the D-linemen in NFL draft class
Dilip drove off honking his horn and threatening to run down those who were slow to get out of his way.
By the end of the third game the Englishwoman had something of the thoughtful, resigned air of an antelope that has been run down by a cheetah. Times, Sunday Times
The coal industry is being run down.
I run down Courtenay Place, sidestepping someone as I swerve at speed onto Taranaki Street, passing the doctor's and the florist and leaping across the road beside the bookstore.
A man who is taken into servitude to wind the kingdom's clocks, concocts a scheme in which the clocks slowly but imperceptibly run down.
The flunkeyism, which is a characteristic of all the Germanic races, was peculiarly marked in England from the earliest times, and induced men, even in those "spacious days," not only to overpraise fair hair, but to run down dark hair and eyes as ugly. The Man Shakespeare
At the anterior end of the nucleus of the abducent nerve they make a second bend, and run downward and forward through the pons to their point of emergence between the olive and the inferior peduncle. IX. Neurology. 5g. The Facial Nerve
Let's run down the list of the big hype bands that the Brits have spilled a lot of ink on lately.
Herbal tonics have the ability to nourish the nervous system and enhance resilience; they are excellent when one is tense, anxious or depressed, tired and run down.
Over-crowded, run down and dilapidated school buildings must be tackled immediately.
The tears jest run down most everybody's face, and when the mourners wuz addressed, why, big, hefty men all round me jest boohooed right out. Samantha at the World's Fair
The south side of town is pretty run down.
Impulsively she set off at a run down the muddy path.
I find that she made a calculated decision post-separation to ‘run down the clock’ on the property and financial issues with her husband.
She felt a shiver run down her spine.
It kills me when a swimmer who I train gets run down at the end of a race.
The highlights were a nutmeg on the byline, and a blistering run down the wing that left Cole for dead - his cross nearly brought a second goal.
On May 12 th he had yet another ailment, probably from being run down and underfed, and missed his class at college due to a sore throat.
Such a beautiful girl in such a run down place was surely something he'd not seen.
Finally they had arrived at a run down tenement that advertised rooms for cheap.
I actually have this insatiable urge to organize and it's taking all my willpower not to just run down to the laundry room and wash and fold all the stuff.
People with joie de vivre are like windup dolls that never run down.
The house itself was hugely run down but was still used by doctors working at the hospital.
Installation was neat and tidy, cables and steering being run down each side of the boat under respective gunwales and thence into the centre console.
The run down clothing, the wild red hair, and a purse made of hide all screamed, cowhand.
In one of these alternate universes, I was run down at Southdale on Monday afternoon by two juvies hotrodding diagonally through the middle of a parking lot.
In the meantime his life remained run down, planless, and empty and idle. Chapter 41
Society, like any other organism, would run down, until a stage of stagnation was reached.
Thick hawthorn hedgerows bursting with new growth run down the edge of John Dunning's pea crop on his farm perched on the Yorkshire Wolds.
I ban't a dareful man," he replied, "that would run down the road in daylight for the whole nation to see, and I be terr'ble weak in the legs, so I just crept out in the night, so quiet as a star-beam, and sheltered in the orchard yonder, till I seed the rod fairly put in my hand by the Explorers of the Dawn
Stocks of the antivenom used to counter the effects of the spider's lethal bite have run down. Times, Sunday Times
They imagine or meditate, that is, they contrive means to suppress the rising interests of Christ's kingdom and are very confident of the success of their contrivances; they promise themselves that they shall run down religion and carry the day. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
This week council contractors were due to start work to unblock the pipe so surface water can run down to the river without businesses in the industrial estate getting flooded during heavy downpours.
The second pair are the optic nerves, which, under the name of the _optic tracts_, run down to the base of the brain, from which an optic nerve passes to each eyeball. A Practical Physiology
The criminal was eventually run down in the woods near his home.
I-R-I, With the current left-wing cultural mantra advising bed-hopping “pin cushions” (The Mr. and I loved your description) to run down to the nearest abortion mill as an alternative form of birth control, is pitiful, selfish and degrading. Think Progress » New Bush Policy: All Gays Should Be Celibate
Steve taxied the Lightning and did a fast run down the runway and except for a minor hydraulic problem, pronounced the plane to be in fine condition.
It's a lovely sunny day; why don't we run down to the coast?
Witnesses reported seeing a man of Hispanic origin run down an alley and disappear.
The run down on this after reading several unclassified military documents on the subject.
He imagined he could climb the rock face to the cliff above, run down the path and still get there before her.
The south side of town is pretty run down.
I robbed the ball off Martin Dobson near the halfway line in front of the Kemlyn Road stand and went on this mazy run down the right hand side and hit a low shot as I came into the box. David Fairclough | Small Talk
The local steelworks is being run down and is likely to close within three years.
The battery has run down.
My car battery has run down; it needs recharging.
Mr Elliott suffered both internal and external injuries when he was allegedly run down twice by a car at the weekend.
Just when this perpetual motion machine will run down is anyone's guess. Times, Sunday Times
Its roads and health service were once the envy of those living to the south of the border, but have been allowed to run down.
The Sartorius, a muscle that run down the front of the thigh at an angle, further stabilizes the pose.
When he came back from the country on weekends, his little white poodle would run down the stairs and leap into his arms. WALKING THE BIBLE
This government has systematically run down public services since it took office.
How much will the heating or air-con run down the charge? Times, Sunday Times
So here you go, the run down of the weird and whacky, that is currently being stored in the asexual mom-mobile, this day, 4 November. Boudicca's Voice
The only facilities we had were a run down gym and a rooftop five-a-side soccer pitch in a cage. Times, Sunday Times
Hebrew letter caph, or the Greek letter kappa, as they explain, ‘to run down in two parts.’ The Temple��Its Ministry and Services
With all of this to deal with, which Thai is really worried about falling concrete from abandoned buildings, or being run down in a pedestrian crossing while crossing the street?
Away below a silvery stream snakes its way downhill, one of the hill's two Cleuch Burns that run down to feed the infant Clyde.
Mrs. Hutton is a little lady who bolsters up self-respect and makes light of trying situations, so she "shooed" us in and I sneaked into my room and waited until Clyde could run down to the store and purchase me a dress. Letters on an Elk Hunt
The flunkeyism, which is a characteristic of all the Germanic races, was peculiarly marked in England from the earliest times, and induced men, even in those “spacious days,” not only to overpraise fair hair, but to run down dark hair and eyes as ugly. The Man Shakespeare
Mr Elliott suffered both internal and external injuries when he was allegedly run down twice by a car at the weekend.
It's earier to run down the hill than go up.
We avoided the first obstacle, a gully-bound stream that breaches the cliffs to run down to a stony beach, by following the path inland.
It's earier to run down the hill than go up.
Don't run down the stairs. Just walk down slowly.
Across the mucky yard what can only be described as a run down shed, with a tarpaulin roof and a piece of pallet for a gate, was home to four Alsatians.
He drove up to Washington Circle and made a left for the short run down to Senator Chapman's apartment at the Watergate. NIMITZ CLASS
If you are run down and your immune system is weak, the bacteria that cause thrush may also multiply.
As long as you are connected to the Internet, Click-N-Run downloads packages until your queue is empty again.
He is quite run down and needs a vacation.
I'm going to run downstairs and grab some books and stuff - I'll be right back.
Even at the tender age of nine, I felt a chill of foreboding run down my spine.
I run down the hall and open the door of the room, and see Rikki, collapsed on the floor.
... and from the same site as the last link, a good run down on which compiler flags to use when optimizing a linux source distro such as gentoo (or even just compiling any program I suppose). Compiler Flags - UFies.org
It has a lot of social housing and parts of it are run down. Times, Sunday Times
After a week of not going to the gym or doing much of anything active except for a few good bike rides, I was ready and willing to run down to the gym and resume the program today.
The scaffold of the temporary stands which run down one side was being dismantled. Times, Sunday Times
The mountain, however, showed now on the port bow; so, the ship must necessarily have run down a considerable portion of the western coast, after they had abandoned the idea of weathering the island on the port tack -- which they had done as soon as they were alarmed by the sound of breakers, letting her drive to leeward -- before the collision with the berg. The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land
Witnesses reported seeing a man of Hispanic origin run down an alley and disappear.
The Government thought it was going to deliver the coal by rail, but the railways are so run down that it cannot get it through.
Watch them as they clasp hands and run down to the water's edge; see them prancing playfully where the waves die on the sand, while devoted swains launch the floating mattress upon which it is their custom to bask so picturesquely; see them now as they rush into the green waves and mount the softly rocking thing; observe the gleam of their white arms as, idly, they splash and paddle; note the languid grace of their recumbence: chins on hands, heels waving lazily in air; hear them squeal in inharmonious unison, as a young member of the American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home'
Mrs. Barbauld wrote the following lines on a scroll within a kind of wreath, which hung over the chimney, the whole parlour being decorated with branches of ivy, which were made to run down the walls and hang down every pannel in festoons, at a country place called Palgrave: Notes and Queries, Number 183, April 30, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
This time of the year we are besieged with ills and chills, and tend to feel out-of-sorts and a little run down.
A storage battery can be recharged after it has run down.
I thought that when I was farming and going out in the rain I wore a sou'wester with a brim so that the rain would not run down my neck.
A concerned Scott noted that he seemed very run down, with badly blistered fingers and frostbites. The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told
To his left and right, men broke from the packing of their supplies to watch him run down the row, steam puffing from the horse's nostrils.
How much will the heating or air-con run down the charge? Times, Sunday Times
I turn the boat and we simply run down the line at an even pace and turn into the fish as we get nearer.
CHICO, CA, June 26, 2009 LifeSiteNews.com - James Canfield, a regular pro-life protester of a Planned Parenthood and Women's Health Center in Chico, California, was almost run down during a protest last Wednesday, according to the Chico Enterprise Record. Pro-Lifer Attacked with SUV, Alleged Attacker Charged
They will run downrange, carefully pull their target and hold it like a newborn.
By the end of the third game the Englishwoman had something of the thoughtful, resigned air of an antelope that has been run down by a cheetah. Times, Sunday Times
As I shuffled at a near run down the hall other students began to spill down that corridor, all trying to dash into their classrooms so as to avoid the same fate that I had a sinking feeling I would be receiving.
Our "mainspring" not only has run down, but is broken. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris
I've heard people fucking run down the hallways here screaming at 2am and as far as I know, no one called the goddamn cops on them. So Everyone Is In Agreement That Emu's Life Has Gone To Hell, Right?
She had discovered that, if every night she could hunt, run down, and kill one sheep, life might again become worth living, and the coarse-clodded grave in the little lonely cemetery might be forgotten. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life
We finally found a 'cama' bus (run down version of an Argentinian semi cama) with Unificado bus company. TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
A toy would have run down eventually, but Anna would undoubtedly start up all over again in the morning.
You'd better use the electric cord if you want to use the radio since the batteries are run down.
We are hopelessly undermanned, the medical services have been run down and at least 10% of our frontline forces are unfit for duty.
She had the heels of all of them before the wind, and might have run down any intercepter, but seemed not to know it, or to lose all nerve. Mary Anerley
If you leave your headlights on you'll soon run down the battery.
Perhaps his companions in tribulation insulted over him, because he had often been disappointed of a cure; therefore Christ took him for his patient: it is his honour to side with the weakest, and bear up those whom he sees run down. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
Then he shot his first 8mm movie, which excited him even more than a dizzying run down a vertiginous ski trail.
In place of it a tall new building of modern Gothic design, unfamiliar to English eyes, had been erected on a new piece of ground by a certain obliterator of historic records who had run down from London and back in a day. Jude the Obscure
With a crowded beach the Coastguards fired a maroon to signal the run down the beach from the Inn to the sea at 11.45am.
Miser Jammy, as we all knew, was crabby miserable pinchpenny who lived alone in that wretched run down house on the outskirts of the town.
It would be crazy to run down stocks below the level at which they can be quickly replenished.
The larger macropores may extend for long distances, as water erodes and enlarges the segments that run downslopes.
The disaster caused a bottleneck in products reaching the market, and that could help manufacturers in the months ahead as distributors and retailers restock inventories that had run down, Mr. Fujii said. Japan Output, Jobless Rate up in April
So I quickly run up stairs and slip on my pink mini, pleated skirt, and my tank top and run down stairs.
That run-down in Commonwealth money for housing has forced the states into privatisation by stealth because it's forced them to sell off public housing stock and run down the supply right around the country.
Imagine England playing with a one-goal lead and 86 minutes of the clock to run down and you'll have some idea of how negatively and unadventurously they're being.
He could feel her tears run down his bare torso, and let himself bury his face within her loose, newly dried hair.
Louise, a normally vibrant 69-year-old woman, returned from vacation feeling run down, nervous, and twitchy.
“Up” means St Moritz, where from December until April, Milanese society is to be found every weekend munching apfelstrudel at Hanselman’s, hosting kitschy raclette parties in their houses at Zuoz or Celerina and possibly taking a run down the Trais Fluors or the Corvatsch. How to look the part on the piste
The rain started to run down harder, as the pitter-patter sounds of the showers got even louder.
Schools look more decrepit than houses, government offices, strung along the road, so run down you wonder if anybody ever visits them.
Cupping her hands into the water, she splashed the water onto her face and let the liquid run down her neck and cool her cheeks.
It's a lovely sunny day; why don't we run down to the coast?
I can think of no better reason not to give up, not to run down like an unwound clock.
The criminal was eventually run down in the woods near his home.
It pulled out of here at 4:20, right on time, and made a quick run down across the meadows, intending to sidetrack at West Canaan for both passenger trains.
Cathie -- _Cathie_, wait," but again Cathie beat her on a swift run down the avenue. Five Little Peppers at School
Several years ago, while anchored out of the channel with the required navigational lights lit, my family and I were almost run down by a party boat dinner cruiser.
The criminal was eventually run down in the woods near his home.
Look at some of the buildings, run down and no longer fit for purpose.
Washing out her blood encrusted hair, she watched the dirty brown stains run down the bath floor, in twisted patterns, that stuck in some places.
Standard life cycle theory states that consumers run down their assets into old age (dissave) and thus that a rapidly ageing society at some point should move into a state of perpetual dissaving with the consequence in an open economy context being an external deficit Alpha.Sources
It was a calm day in the middle of September, with a heavy fog over the sound, so that the run down from Chatham was cold and dreary, the swells looking oily in the gray light.
What has happened to your defences is really pathetic in the way you have let them run down. Reforms for the New Millennium
And now you've gone and made the man under the sheep run down a beanstalk. Times, Sunday Times
In cases of dips over 40º the greatest advantage in "rill" stoping arises from the possibility of pouring filling or timber into the stope from above with less handling, because the ore and material will run down the sides of the pyramid (Figs. 32 and 34). Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration
Charcoal making was probably thirsty work: little streams run down the woods from springs and seepages.
He says plenty of people want to run down the professionalism and achievements of English teachers and pupils.
This they had evidently run down in chace, (I had almost said by scent) which fully convinces me, that lions do not always seize their prey, as Tigers, by sur: Sporting Sketches
He was suffering from extreme exhaustion and totally run down. The Sun
I felt a small chill run down my spine.
The silent raindrops run down his pale skin like teardrops down a cheek.
On the day they are ordered out to battle, your soldiers may weep, those sitting up bedewing their garments, and those lying down letting the tears run down their cheeks. Sun Tzu: The Art of War: Part 4
This government has systematically run down public services since it took office.
I don't need to run down my opponent through filthy language in order to win.
Witnesses reported seeing a man of Hispanic origin run down an alley and disappear.
The south side of town is pretty run down.
Billions of dollars have been squandered on a fratricidal war, while vital social and physical infrastructure, including elementary plans to combat natural catastrophes, has been neglected and run down.
His father is terribly run down and is unfit for work right now.
Discover the secrets behind the island's jerk spices, and learn how to prepare exotic fruits such as ackee and traditional dishes like 'Run Down' during the interactive culinary session. Peter Greenberg - Editor's Pick
In the nightcap, it went down to the ninth inning, two out and we're one run down.
Billy Greer returns to his uncle's withy farm after the second world war to find it badly run down.
I thought that when I was farming and going out in the rain I wore a sou'wester with a brim so that the rain would not run down my neck.
This government has systematically run down public services since it took office.
I have to run downstairs because I'm the doorkeeper.
The council is hoping that by spending any grants from the Elevate programme wisely it will be able to make a lasting difference to a town where property prices have slumped and run down housing blights large areas.
After about six hours, the battery will run down.
I picked candle wax where it had run down the neck of the wine bottle and hardened.
You just want to tuck the board under your arm, run down the beach, paddle out and have fun.
These extensions followed on from the government desire to generate development in run down areas of cities and major towns.
It's earier to run down the hill than go up.
I have run down the word in my dictionary eventually.
A recent surge of activity on the previously run down premises has turned what was an eyesore into up-market style bars and a pub that has live entertainment nightly.
The young birds are called flappers till they can fly, and can be run down easily. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement
The driver chocked up the back wheels so that the car could not run down the slope.
This government has systematically run down public services since it took office.
The topsails were soon clewed up and made fast, then the flying jib run down and furled. Story of a Typhoon off the Coast of Japan
He drove up to Washington Circle and made a left for the short run down to Senator Chapman's apartment at the Watergate. NIMITZ CLASS
Let me just run down the list of people who've been invited.
For the last three years, we were assisted by the International Education Board; but as the board no longer wishes to continue the appropriations to us, our funds are threatening to run down so that we must try to get money from somewhere else if this institute is to be able to go on working. Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna
How much will the heating or air-con run down the charge? Times, Sunday Times
I’m told this because they weren’t meant to be stuck together like that and had they been meant* to be this way we wouldn’t have been born with nerves that run down along the sides of each toe. Syndactyly (Webbed Toes/Fingers) Forums
Icelanders are brought up to leap across waterfalls, spring through rivers, run down mountains, run up mountains.
In the meantime, the slight delay would allow him to run down his quarry.
Don't run down the stairs. Just walk down slowly.
Coincidence; that was what you called a clue that you were too lazy or too scared to run down. Murder Can Be Fun
The four refineries have been run down under successive administrations and nearly all of the oil is now exported and refined elsewhere.
If you run down the character of your previous employer, you will run yourself down in the process.
The local steelworks is being run down and is likely to close within three years.
By the end of the third game the Englishwoman had something of the thoughtful, resigned air of an antelope that has been run down by a cheetah. Times, Sunday Times

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