run in circles

Example Sentences

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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

If you can eat a whole bag of chocolate popcorn and not have to go run in circles in the lobby, then collapse in a corner, I salute your sugar tolerance.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2018

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

I tried to prevent her from this obsessive behavior by putting down lava rocks and some pavers along the fence, but she continues to run in circles.

From Washington Post • Jun. 26, 2017

And they laughed louder and louder, and then they spread their arms and began to run in circles.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt