run off

How to use run off in a sentence

Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?

A few, very few, little dots had run back over that green patch—the others had passed down into the world of darkness.

But if what I told him were true, he was still at a loss how a kingdom could run out of its estate like a private person.

The controlling leaders being out of gear the machine did not run smoothly: there was nothing but friction and tension.

A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.

When these last words of his were interpreted to her, she started, made as if she would run after him, but checked herself.

RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON

She would let him run about for a few moments and then she would leap upon him as if she had nearly lost him.

At that Farmer Green's cat began to run up and down between the rows of vegetables.

Their gunnery won't run to it—was never meant to run to it—and with five going aeroplanes we can't do the spotting.

It's quite true the land can't run away, but there are always rows and revolutions and smashes going on; you can't trust anybody.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985