run lines
Example Sentences
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When my parents run lines with me, they push on intention—delivering dialogue with authenticity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025
He helps Marsden run lines for a fictional film and sees the defense counsel implode.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2023
From her family’s two-bedroom apartment on the last legal block of the 90210 ZIP Code, she watched her parents run lines, cramming for auditions that were rarely successful.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2019
Suddenly, Hannah could meet her characters’ families and run lines by colleagues who’d known them firsthand.
From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2017
Simply as added precaution, though, I've run lines so that any time one of these signals lets go, it sounds a buzzer on the head of our bed, so I'm automatically taking the night shift.
From Skylark Three by Wessolowski, Hans Waldemar
