How to Use run out in a Sentence

run out

verb
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  • An hourglass at 'hostage square' in Tel Aviv has run out of the sands of time.
    — NBC News, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The water will run cold until all the cold water in the pipes has run out of the faucet.
    — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2024
  • The two-seamer was moving a lot and kind of running out of the zone there.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The program will remain in place until the funds run out.
    — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 10 July 2023
  • Everyone just ran out of the park down Park South and around the corner of 20th Street and then back to the park.
    — Kelsey Weekman, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The thieves ran out of the store and fled before police could arrive.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Deb Libby is running out of time to find a place to live.
    — Todd Wallack, ProPublica, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Ly said the wounded teenager ran out of the station and was caught by the guard, who was not injured in the shootout.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • As the waiting migrants noticed that there was now a path open to them to try to leave, dozens ran out.
    — Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
  • What if China runs out of patience in the next four years and declares war?
    — Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
  • There’s nothing worse than your phone running out of battery in the middle of the day.
    — Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
  • With no other options and running out of time, Malachan bit the snake back.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The Jamaican sprinter ran out of lane 6 and surpassed the entire field after the turn.
    — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Advocates warn that time is running out for the hostages, who have been held in Gaza for 19 weeks.
    — Heidi Levine, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The moment the judge began describing it all again, Nicole ran out of the courtroom in tears.
    — Carolyn Van Houten, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • And Israel may be running out of time to deal more damage.
    — Dominic Tierney, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Once the money runs out, the phones are then shipped to Colombia to be reprogrammed and resold, police said.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But now that the funding has run out, the district hopes to maintain its level of service.
    — Carmen Nesbitt, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Sawyer made a crash landing on the beach when his small aircraft ran out of gas while on a whale watching tour.
    — Lori Tobias | , oregonlive, 8 July 2023
  • Shortly after, the man ran out of the woods and onto a turnpike exit ramp.
    — Zach Mentz, cleveland, 21 July 2023
  • But Ukraine is front of mind for leadership as funding runs out.
    — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The suspects then ran out of the apartment and allegedly shot the officer.
    — Brie Stimson, Fox News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The Verge claimed their device ran out of juice in five hours while sitting in their backpack and was not being used.
    — Kyle Barr, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2024
  • The general fund will need to absorb the costs when the federal money runs out.
    — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
  • That luck run out against Gonzaga in the Final Four, a 93-90 overtime loss.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2023
  • No, the statute of limitations across Europe has run out.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 7 July 2023
  • Shirlee ran out the back of the house while Theo lit out for the living room with Jane on her heels swinging an extension cord.
    — Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • During the struggle, the assailant pulled out a switchblade and slashed the man in the forearm before running out of the station.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 12 July 2024
  • Time is running out for Garfield’s football field that has more exposed dirt than green grass.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The pop-up, founded in 2020 and run out of Holmes’s house with her wife, Shanika, was always a means to open a bricks-and-mortar restaurant.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024

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