How to Use running time in a Sentence

running time

noun
Definition of running timenext
  • The 13-and-a-half-hour running time is a bit of a red flag, though.
    — Marshall Heyman, Vulture, 23 June 2021
  • And the lean running time keeps the movie a romp instead of an endurance test.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 31 July 2020
  • Bui wasn't the only one to comment on the film's running time.
    — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2020
  • The pace is slow, even though the running time is only 97 minutes.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 27 May 2021
  • Similar to the Fluffy, this variant has a 30-minute run time.
    — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 17 Oct. 2019
  • This isn't a DC movie where two people kiss once in a three-hour running time.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Given the film’s running time, the pacing of the second act was off and somewhat rushed.
    — Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The gift set has a run time of 16 hours, on eight discs, and includes more than three hours of extra footage that wasn’t aired on PBS.
    — oregonlive, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Yet its running time turns out to be both unhurried and unerring.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Somehow, all of that is going to fill up the three-hour running time, since Tuesday’s episode runs from 8 to 11 p.m.
    — oregonlive, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The running time has ballooned, too, from under an hour to a good 90 minutes.
    — Jason Farago, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Feature films must have a running time of more than 40 minutes.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The most welcome news of all is that the running time is seventy-two minutes.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The new season has its strengths – Episode 7 is a high point, for example, even at its lengthy running time.
    — oregonlive, 23 May 2022
  • The theatrical cut of Australia has a running time of two hours, 45 minutes.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2022
  • Use your normal running time to do strength training, yoga or roll out on a foam roller.
    — Jillian Tracy, CNN Underscored, 27 Aug. 2020
  • The three-episode series sheds little light, and bulks out its running time with idle musings on fame that feel warmed over from the early 2010s.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Films that have a longer running time will be naturally favored on the list.
    — Josh Wilson, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The new set tops out at 21 songs and almost one hour running time, and features guest appearances from Lil Wayne and Snoop Dogg.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2020
  • The final was 40-0, thanks to a bit of Polars mercy and some running time, but North on turf and not in mud looks like a bad matchup for most every team.
    — Patrick Reusse, Star Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
  • There was so much to say about the man, and so many voices that needed to be heard, the event turned into a marathon, its running time pushing past three hours.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The rechargeable battery gives 60 minutes of run time and the power of a corded tool without being tied down.
    — NBC News, 15 Apr. 2020
  • The Monday show, with its two-hour running time, took up 11.53 billion minutes of viewers’ time.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Present the show commercial-free, which would cut the running time, and promote it robustly.
    — Star Tribune, 4 May 2021
  • The music and the woman behind it are the twin focal points, and the film lovingly focuses a good amount of its running time on the art and craft of singing.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Coupled with longer movie running times, a lot of trailers can mean running out of Junior Mints mid-movie.
    — Karina Bland, azcentral, 14 Nov. 2019
  • But, thrilling as that game was, by the end of its running time the crowded firefights already started to feel a bit repetitive.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Would The Thing About Pam be better with a little cable edge or a few extra minutes of running time per episode?
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2022
  • From my point of view, running time is not something that should speak to us and be something to determine what is a good story or not.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 4 Feb. 2022
  • This is a feature-length film rather than a season of television, and one where Chase was adamant about the running time being two hours or less.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2021

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