stop running

Example Sentences

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More than anything, they want to stop running and start a new chapter, especially for their daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

When you stop running and stop chasing horizons and you stay still, the only place you can go is above or below.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2025

She came because she couldn’t sleep, couldn’t turn off her brain, couldn’t stop running through her to-do list long enough to feel like a person instead of a machine.

From Slate • May 25, 2025

“Tomorrow, we can start to forget,” she whispers with a smile to June, the Pauline who can’t stop running back to peril.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2025

That dog chased me around the court and off the court, and I didn't stop running until I got home.

From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds