treadmill

Example Sentences

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The pattern holds whether scientists are testing how fast lizards run on a treadmill, measuring how sharks swim in the ocean, or tracking how quickly bacterial cells divide.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

He explained that to younger people like his students, collecting and renting DVDs is a way “to be able to slow down and get off this hedonic treadmill of ‘where’s my next stimulus coming from.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

A Brazilian man with a penchant for sporting records breaks a new one after tackling the most boring physical challenge he could dream up: running on a treadmill for 24 hours.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

"To walk on a treadmill or run on a treadmill for hours and hours like some people do, that's not for me."

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026

It was only my dad, and he didn’t like when I bothered him when he was on his treadmill, but I didn’t really have a choice.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff