run in circles
Example Sentences
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For the next two, four or six hours, they would run in circles.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2024
Ruth Arnold’s father shared two bits of advice with her: “When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout” and the less frenetic, “Time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2021
They sometimes seem to have the ability to run in circles for 12 hours a day on what seems like no more than a handful of Goldfish crackers and half a yogurt pouch.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2020
The downside is that, spread across so many hours, the action tends to run in circles over the same ground.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2018
That was the part of her brain that tended to run in circles.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
