With runners of the Winesburg team on bases, Joe Welling became as one inspired. Before they knew what had come over them, the base runners were watching the man, edging off the bases, advancing, retreating, held as by an invisible cord. The players of the opposing team also watched Joe. They were fascinated. For a moment they watched and then, as though to break a spell that hung over them, they began hurling the ball wildly about, and amid a se- ries of fierce animal-like cries from the coach, the runners of the Winesburg team scampered home.英文原著 · 《Winesburg,Ohio》
SOCRATES: And he who runs well is a good runner, and he who runs ill is a bad runner?英文原著 · 《Lesser Hippias》
In three days the steel runners were ready, and when Claus brought the playthings to the Gnome King, his Majesty was so greatly pleased with them that he presented Claus with a string of sweet-toned sleigh-bells, in addition to the runners.英文原著 · 《The Life and Adventures of Santa Clause》
``It would have been like pickin' money off a blackberry-bush, for I was goin' to let the Wild Dog have that black horse o' mine--the steadiest and fastest runner in this country--and my, how that fellow can pick off the rings! He's been a-practising for a year, and I believe he could run the point o' that spear of his through a lady's finger-ring.''英文原著 · 《A Knight of the Cumberland》
``I'll show you,'' I said, and I told the Blight about base-ball at the Gap. We had introduced base-ball into the region and the valley boys and mountain boys, being swift runners, throwing like a rifle shot from constant practice with stones, and being hard as nails, caught the game quickly and with great ease. We beat them all the time at first, but now they were beginning to beat us. We had a league now, and this was the championship game for the pennant.英文原著 · 《A Knight of the Cumberland》
The news thus being passed, the fresher runners scampered ahead, bawling: "FOY-URRR' FOY-URRR! and Linc, the hero, slowed down, gasping for breath and spitting cotton.英文原著 · 《Back Home》
We learn at an early age that a tie goes to the runner.美剧 · 《Billions》
They're your runners, placing your bets so they don't track back to you.美剧 · 《Billions》
Those runners you saw placed the action for me at the sports books at upstate casinos.美剧 · 《Billions》
You know, I think it just goes to show you, you can be the fastest runner in the world, but you can't outrun the truth.美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》