How To Use Running back In A Sentence
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After one longing look down the path, she turned around, and started running back the way she'd come.
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He set a demolition charge on the device before running back.
The Sun
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And the running game struggled again as the two running backs averaged 2.8 yards a carry.
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I focus on eight players because six running backs and two alternates are elected to the Pro Bowl each year so that seems to be a fair marker for a standard of excellence.
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They spent their time running backwards and forwards around the vehicles and buildings carrying wounded victims to shelter.
Broken Lives
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Running back and forth was one of his.
Times, Sunday Times
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No one can outrun someone by running backwards, so don't try… if you are facing someone and decide to run, step cornerwise back, turning and running at the same time.
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Rushing to one side of the proscenium arch, rebounding and running back to the other, they are like a shoal of fish with short memories.
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I have seen the roles of their bloodlines, running back through scores of names and equal generations.
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Keep in mind the tab was over $300 and they had Benny, the career waiter, running back and forth for hours.
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Long was at his best in the big games, relentlessly pursuing quarterbacks and running backs.
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But the defending champion smacked over a running backhand which almost knocked the Slovenian off his feet.
The Sun
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His height makes it almost impossible for a defender running backwards to outjump him.
Times, Sunday Times
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The most publicized was Nebraska running back Lawrence Phillips, who is on probation after assaulting a former girlfriend.
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Running back at the crack of the bat, Greer leaped high and made the catch with his glove above the fence.
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They can take Reggie Bush, the most electrifying player in this class, but they really don't need a running back.
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The bobstay, forestay and one running backstay were made up by my local chandler from the drawings below.
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I can remember hearing about the time when they went for their training and had to be timed running to a tap to fill the buckets, then running back again as fast as possible.
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From the ditch this running back/special teams kick return man earned his nickname.
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Clinton Portis is second to none among running backs in blitz pick-up, but the nine-year veteran is sidelined at least four to six weeks because of a third-degree groin tear.
Packers' blitz will be a challenge for Torain and company
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Griffith also is capable of coveting tight ends, chasing down running backs and wide receivers or rushing the quarterback.
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She hears the grandfather clock chiming, but when she looks at it, it is running backwards.
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Starting quarterbacks, wide receivers and running backs were ineligible for consideration.
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His height makes it almost impossible for a defender running backwards to outjump him.
Times, Sunday Times
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‘Bet I can beat you back to the hotel’ she teased him before taking off in a run, stopping only long enough to pick up her towel and then continued running back towards their room.
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But it doesn't matter, because you'll go running back to her no matter what, like the lost lovesick puppy that you are.
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But the defending champion smacked over a running backhand which almost knocked the Slovenian off his feet.
The Sun
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Tebow's autobiography, audaciously written when he was merely a 23-year-old second-string quarterback most critics called a miscast running back, came out in June.
USATODAY.com News
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I think I am going to go heavy on running backs and receivers and leave the tight ends and quarterbacks for down the line.
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AP Texas A & M running back Christine Michael tries to gain yardage as Missouri defender Brad Madison reaches for him during the first half of the No. 21 Tigers '30-9 victory in College Station, Texas.
Dog-Day Afternoon
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And while the liquor eases the bloated, fibre-induced discomfort of our stomachs, we start thinking of running back into the strong, loving embrace of a veal shank.
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It has a man being taken in procession down the platform, garland round his neck and a young girl leading him, men running backwards taking photographs.
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That's the plan," said Jayshawn, who also plays running back but is best known as a hard-hitting defensive back.
The Seattle Times
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Not so LaGarrette Blount, the University of Oregon running back who viciously cold-cock punched an unhelmeted opposing player after his team's upset loss to Boise State.
Michael Kimmel: Meet the Lamberts: Elizabeth and Adam Expose Sexism and Homophobia
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If a RB on your roster with a bye week has the short end of the stick in a running back by committee situation, depending on the quality of your remaining RBs you may be better off cutting your current RB and speculating on a RB who will likely get a chance to start at some point this season hint: look for RBs playing behind starters who are injury-prone or facing an upcoming suspension
Scott Swanay: Fantasy Football - Week 5 Preview
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Through the closes the wind ever stalked like something fierce and blooded, rattling the iron snecks with an angry finger, breathing beastily at the hinge, and running back a bit once in a while to leap all the harder against groaning lintel and post.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
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She gave him a shove before running back towards her room.
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The recoil of the gun on firing, was often very violent, but it was limited by the stout rope called the breeching, which ran round the base of the gun, from each side of the port-hole, and kept it from running back more than its own length.
On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.
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Some might argue that it was running backwards.
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Yet, in the midst of the celebrity, the square-jawed advertisements and the hassling from his teammates for free Ugg boots "We all wanted them as soon as he signed that deal," running back Sammy Morris said, Mr. Brady really is a transformational quarterback.
Brady Is Hogging All the Superlatives
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He's a reserve fullback and running back, good receiver out of the backfield and fearless on special teams.
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The junior tailback is now the fourth running back in school history with two 200-yard performances in a season.
USATODAY.com - College Football - UTEP vs. Marshall
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In Bengals history, there have been some effective players named Johnson, including punter Lee and running back Pete.
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Saints 14 49ers 20, 5:42 3rd quarter Three and out for the 49ers, a failed flea-flicker derailing the drive, as Smith pitches the ball back to Gore before the running back attempts to return the ball to him with a short backwards pass which, had it succeeded, would have allowed the quarterback to take a shot downfield with the defence out of position.
New Orleans Saints 32 San Francisco 49ers 36 - as it happened | Paolo Bandini
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He has 260 career points, breaking the school mark of 252 set by running back Zack Abron (2000-03).
USATODAY.com - Scores
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Journalists are running back and forth across town to find the most egregious technical errors and blatant fraud.
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All in all, I've decided the giant blister that left me with a slightly antalgic gait towards the end of the convention, which I earned from running back and forth between the Delta and the Palais des congrès de Montréal, was worth it.
Brain Dump
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On the first play from scrimmage, Oregon's star running back ran sixty-five yards and Oregon was only down by thirteen.
TIES THAT BIND
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Late in the month of August one year we had been close-herding a small bunch of young cattle on a bottom about a mile square, walled in by bluffs, and with, as an inlet, a long, dry creek running back many miles into the Bad Lands, where it branched out into innumerable smaller creeks and coulies.
III. The Grouse of the Northern Cattle Plains
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The Pro Bowler was fined $15,000 after Week 1 for making a horse-collar tackle on Baltimore Ravens running back Ricky Williams.
Troy Polamalu Fined: Steelers Star Punished For Using Cell Phone To Call Wife During Game
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Running back at the crack of the bat, Greer leaped high and made the catch with his glove above the fence.
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Running back Emmitt Smith is a class act and quarterback Troy Aikman is cool, tough and dignified.
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For once before, for Zeus and his Alcmena, thou wentest contrary; thou art not unlessoned in running backward.
Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology
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Running back Ryan Torain, activated from the practice squad just one day earlier, had his first carry since 2008 -- and he made the most of it.
Redskins draw to within 14-13
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On the first play from scrimmage, Oregon's star running back ran sixty-five yards and Oregon was only down by thirteen.
TIES THAT BIND
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But after this, he thought of what a sensational delight it would be to feel tears running backwards through himself and into his empty belly.
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All of a sudden, Dayne has become this slow, plodding running back who wasn't fast enough and couldn't catch a ball if you threw it underhand.
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The team needs playmakers and will look at quarterbacks, running backs and receivers.
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Look at all of the quality running backs, blockers, and wideouts.
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My second choice in dog would be the Blue Heeler, which is a more brutal animal which tends to drive the stock from behind (ie, running backs in NFL) rather than skirting like brown kelpies (like wingers in rugby union).
Cheeseburger Gothic » Calling all Texans…
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He's one of the league's quickest linebackers and can cover tight ends and running backs.
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Ed Marinaro as a Cornell running back was the Heisman runner-up in 1971 — in a race in which he faced negative campaigning from schools who mocked the quality of Ivy League play.
CBS guru: 1 loss in SEC trumps 12-0 elsewhere
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For the first time, one school had a quarterback and two running backs drafted in the first round.
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Led by the Heisman sensation Cam Newton, Auburn rallied back, aided by a bizarre slow-mo sequence in which running back Michael Dyer appeared to believe he'd been tackled, paused, and then plunged deep into Duck territory.
Musburger's Quip Said a Mouthful
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The Steelers have used Stewart as a quarterback, wide receiver, running back and pooch punter.
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Why it's taken them this long to find a running back with a pulse is anyone's guess.
USATODAY.com - AFC fantasy notes
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She quickly ran downstairs to her desk and wrote a short reply, before running back upstairs.
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The guards with the torches came running back and joined the other six in drawing swords and moving for the shadow that was pulling the gate open.
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The fan is cushioned with rubber grommets, mounted with long stainless steel bolts with the power cable running back into the case.
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Instead, Krenzel operated on smarts and savvy, avoiding the mistake and feeding the ball to those hard-charging running backs.
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With 22 seconds left in the game, and the Raiders leading 7-6, Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw threw a fourth-down pass to running back John "Frenchy" Fuqua.
Jack Tatum dies; Oakland Raiders 'Assassin' was 61
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Just then, the scouts he had sent ahead, came running back.
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He hired Bryan Applewhite as running backs coach, Leon Lett as defensive tackles coach, Jason Nichols as receivers coach, Brandon Shelby as quarterbacks coach and Adam Waugh as safeties coach.
Around the Sun Belt Conference
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He is sitting, fashioning a silent whistle out of wood, he blows it and the dog comes running back.
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Tommy Hill running back in eighth place Brookes took the lead, by four points, in the title stakes from the Suzuki rider.
Roadracingworld.com
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If a touchdown is scored either the quarterback, running back or receiver gets the glory.
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Portis is the fourth-highest ranked running back and put a bullet next to his name.
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Sanderlings are characteristic of sandy beaches, running back and forth, with the ebb and flow of the tide, like so many little clockwork toys.
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Green Bay took over on its own 10 and on the first play, running back Brandon Jackson busted through the middle, juked Moore in the open field and dashed down the right sideline before he was chased down by DeAngelo Hall after a 71 yard gain to the Redskins '19-yard line.
Redskins beat Packers 16-13 in OT
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It is partnered by a stepped gallery running back under the cloister arcade, with round columns beneath those supporting the arches above.
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After Sampras served the first of his double faults, Safin pounced again, setting up the first break point of the match with a spectacular running backhand pass, and taking the game with a solid return Sampras slugged long.
Safin handles Sampras with ease
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They're trusting running back Shonn Greene to take the reins as the primary ballcarrier after two years of splitting the rushes with more experienced backs.
Can Keller Be the Jets' Dallas Clark?
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Ford City running back Aaron Bell carried 11 times for 75 yards and two touchdowns, while sophomore wingback Derek Bush led the Sabers with 84 yards and a score on just nine trips.
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The children disappear for hours, running back and forth into the shallows and, in time-honoured tradition of this beach, modelling figures from the clay in the cliffs, before leaving them to bake in the sun.
Powerless to resist: a no-tech break on the Isle of Wight
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You can also see gullies and huge channels of water draining from the city and then running back into the sea.
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If Clive Woodward's side is going to beat the tourists then it will be down to the free running backs to inflict the damage.
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The retriever looked indecisive, constantly bouncing forward to the house, but always stopping short of yanking the leash out of Gale's hand and running back to her side.
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Look at all of the quality running backs, blockers, and wideouts.
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Gertie heard her cries of “Sooey, Sooey,” saw the stickweed break the air, but for all her fierce fighting Cassie was losing ground before the enemy, running backward at times down the hill.
The Dollmaker
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The quarterback specializes in throwing, wide receivers catch, running backs run, lineman block and kickers kick, but none of them are experts in all areas.
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So he turned to Ball, who began his college career at Southern Methodist as a running back.
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Their courage failed a few steps short and they came running back.
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He was a tremendous rusher, a great receiver, and one of the best blockers ever for a running back.
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Sapp is a tremendously disruptive player who forces quarterbacks into mistakes and running backs into cuts they don't want to make.
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New Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson, shown with commissioner Roger Goodell after the Vikings selected him at No. 7, says his collarbone is 90% healed from last season's injury while at Oklahoma.
Vikings' Peterson confident he can contribute
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He wore a black skullcap and the ritual fringes called tzitzit; he wore the Super Bowl ring he won in 1992 with the Dallas Cowboys and the Rolex watch that was a gift from Emmitt Smith, the team's star running back.
NYT > Home Page
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A busy day, most of it spent running back and forth across the studio lot chasing up actors.
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This is accompanied by music that, at its midpoint, turns completely around and becomes its own retrograde, a musical palindrome running back to its beginning.
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Inside the Ravens' building, the consensus is the running back is not dogging it.
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The final roster was being shaped, and the rookie running back had one more cutdown to survive.
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Hambrick's role on this team is as a backup running back, fullback and special teams player, and it's a role he's willing to accept.
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When a shot is taken by your team, the quarterback is usually running back to mid-court for defensive balance.
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Snares turn into handclaps, drums fall in and out of the mix, the beat sounds like it's running backwards - to which Jackson responds by singing wordless falsetto over the top.
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Stewart has lined up at quarterback, running back and receiver.
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Holcombe is a durable, versatile player who played fullback and running back for the Rams.
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The Raiders' stable of running backs is much like a baseball team's bullpen.
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Late in the month of August one year we had been close-herding a small bunch of young cattle on a bottom about a mile square, walled in by bluffs, and with, as an inlet, a long, dry creek running back many miles into the Bad Lands, where it branched out into innumerable smaller creeks and coulies.
III. The Grouse of the Northern Cattle Plains
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Running backs come and go, used-up hulks dumped for the latest phenoms.
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Whenever the Wolfpack ran a play action pass with a fake handoff to McLendon, the defense would have to respect the threat posed by the running back, giving Rivers' receivers an extra moment to get open.
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I'd like to see some more research on the notion that we all carry a species memory running back to the protohuman days.
Deep Phobic Memory
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He has been tagged as the next great Broncos running back.
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The Mountaineers were "gored" as Miami freshman running back
NCAA Football - West Virginia vs. Miami (Fla.)
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In 2003, opponents double-teamed Glover and chipped Ellis with a running back or a tight end because he couldn't beat one blocker.
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Though he might not get statistical credit, Rogers has a knack for blowing up plays by quickly penetrating the backfield and forcing running backs to change direction.
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Running back, he sees her clinging womanfully to her handbag while some guy tries to grab it off her.
Times, Sunday Times
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The only real noise was the sheets screeching through the blocks and the deafening creak when one running backstay was let off and the other was ground on hard.
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Luckily, my brother, Walter, is a redshirt freshman running back at Illinois; having him down there made it a lot easier for my mom.
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Later in the series, the next offense had a little bit better luck as the freshman running back gained 17 yards on the first play from scrimmage.
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It includes two promising quarterbacks, some productive receivers and a four-star running back.
Oklahoma State - Team Notes
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The Saints announced last week that it had claimed running back P.J. Hill off waivers from the Washington Redskins.
New Orleans Saints Team Report
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I never prefer to play single. Running back and forth and smashing are killing me.
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King is a running back who logged time in the Arena League and the CFL after playing collegiately at Central Arkansas.
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Running back to the door, Stephanie drags the heavy chest she was sitting by which makes a screeching sound as it moves across the linoleum floor.
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Running back at the crack of the bat, Greer leaped high and made the catch with his glove above the fence.
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On the river bank the Rim troops were still hesitating, unsure what to do in the light of their quarry abruptly running back toward them.
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Most of the marquee players come from the defensive line and the defensive backfield, not the sexy positions like quarterback, running back, or wide receiver.
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Their courage failed a few steps short and they came running back.
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Haynesworth drove offensive lineman Chris Williams into Chicago quarterback Jay Cutler for a sack; hurdled the Bears offensive line to tackle Cutler and help cause a fumble on a goal line stand, and stopped Bears running back Chester Taylor in the backfield on a crucial play Sunday.
Shanahan: Albert Haynesworth's best game with Redskins
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The Bucs' best strategy would be to make Alstott the primary running back and put rookie fullback lamed Cook in the backfield with him.
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His facial fur was dark fawn with lighter streaks running back into his ruff, his eyes a glacial green.
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She sent her opponent running back with a lunging lob and then dived to put in a backhand angled drop volley.
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B was a bit dubious about climbing along the brambly paths to the top of the mound, but quite enjoyed running back down the side to the field below.
Dental development
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You can also see gullies and huge channels of water draining from the city and then running back into the sea.
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The one thing West Virginia coach Bill Stewart learned about spring practice for certain was the one thing he knew for certain — running back Noel Devine is ready to spring a big year on the Big East.
Around the BigEast Conference
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A guard, tight end or running back can help Jones, giving him an advantage in passing situations.
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Since buyers can be expected to come in with lowball offers, cutting the asking price would be akin to negoti ating with yourself, says former New York Giants running back Tucker Frederickson who, with a partner, has been asking for $50 million for a 5,000-acre cattle-and-shooting ranch in Florida since 2008.
The Holdouts
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Most of the houses would also have several dogs, who were very often pure bred, with their pedigrees running back for decades.
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He added that water from the sink, washing machine and wash basins is prone to overflowing and running back underneath the house instead of down the outside drain.
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If this play is well-executed, the linebackers get caught pursuing the flow of the guards and running back to the right.
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The Eagles use Westbrook as their primary running back, as a slotback, as a wideout, as a man in motion and as a checkdown safety valve.
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The one television station will be running back-to-back feature films that espouse the virtue of self-reliance and the gloriousness of the revolution.
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The Miami Dolphins running back has embraced the alternative medicine called pranic healing and adopted O'Hara as his guru.
Columbiatribune.com stories
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At any rate, they have to get a passer at some point, as well as a running back and a blocker.
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All of the old demons are running back.
Times, Sunday Times
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One of the speediest is running back/defensive back Shyrone Carey, who signed with Tennessee last year but was academically ineligible and never enrolled.
USATODAY.com - LSU shines with top recruiting class
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Yet, any good running back needs to get plenty of carries in succession to get a rhythm and gets better as the game stretches on.
