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Example sentences for "came running"

  • Then when I went away he came running after me, and tried to put out his tongue, but did not succeed.

  • In a moment he came running back to the campus, shouting for joy.

  • Ramsay, the light weight, came running up the entry three steps at a time.

  • It was one evening about a week after this that young Thompson came running up to Lawrence's room with a scowl on his face, and talked like an important man in a hurry.

  • This discharged, he came running back; and sat on the bench beside his crushed benefactor without saying a word.

  • Ere he could drink it, one of those quidnunes, who are always interrupting a gentleman when he has important business on hand, came running in with all manner of small intelligence.

  • Those also who had fled to dens and caves, upon hearing that Saul was gaining a victory, came running to him.

  • He felt sure she could hardly stand, and he was very much frightened, but in a moment the nurse, having heard her cry, came running out, and between them they guided her to her chair in the alcove.

  • Along this street I was advancing, when a man with a dirty foraging cap on his head, and holding a gun in his hand, came running up to me.

  • I was about to inquire the cause of this enmity, when a thick bulky man, bearing a light in his hand, came running down a stone staircase, which led into the interior of the building.

  • Harry, who happened to be walking near the place, came running up, and asked what was the matter.

  • Then he came running at Bert again, but a boy called: "Look out!

  • It was Freddie who called, and he came running up, anxious to take part in the exciting race.

  • He was always there, sitting by the door, and when he was called he came running to his master's bedside.

  • She thanked God as the door below was flung to and he came running up the stairs.

  • Two carabinieri came running up now, and they made the people stand back so that a space of pavement was left clear; the younger man spoke to Olive.

  • One after another our dear ones came running to the opposite bank, testifying in various ways their delight at our return, and hastening up on their side of the river, as we on ours, to the ford at which we had crossed in the morning.

  • Only a moment was lost while Peerless, a young dog himself, came running in and at a command from Larsen stopped in his tracks behind Comet, and pointed.

  • At the call the old fellow's ears flattened and he threw up his head, then he came running straight to Tommy.

  • He wriggled loose from his father; he came running to their help.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "came running" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    another church; came aboard; came about; came abreast; came ashore; came before; came forward; came here; came hither; came into; came near; came nearer; came nigh; came round; came rushing; came straight; came suddenly; came the; came through; came towards; came upon; camera obscura; know they; over night; shall keep; strong detachment