By the time the mass could disentangle itself and the dazed runners resume their wild dash for victory, Sunbeam bounded across the line, whirled about and, jumping up and down, clapped her hands and of course screamed with joy.
Then the defeated runners recovered from their humiliation sufficiently to crowd around the victor and congratulate her on her success.
Then the panting and the shouts died away, and around them nothing could be heard but the whistling of the wind in their ears and now and then the squeak of their sledge-runners over a windswept part of the road.
II The good stallion took the sledge along at a brisk pace over the smooth-frozen road through the village, the runners squeaking slightly as they went.
At times they came onto bare fields and the sledge-runners rattled over frozen lumps of earth.
The tracks left by the sledge-runners were immediately covered by snow and the road was only distinguished by the fact that it was higher than the rest of the ground.
Vasili Andreevich, evidently enjoying the sight of his 'heir,' who standing on the runners was hanging on at the back of the sledge.
The runners were nearing the line now, and as Mott drew near he almost stopped for a moment and glanced smilingly behind him at his contestants.
Nearer and nearer the runners drew and the shouts increased in violence.
The crack of the pistol was heard and instantly the runners were speeding down the track.
As the pistol was fired, Will darted forward from the line, but in a moment the runners were recalled and Will was penalized a yard for his undue eagerness.
He could see the officials standing near the end of the course--an end that seemed far away for all that the runners were so swiftly approaching.
If they're the best runners they will," assented Will who despite his eagerness was now in good spirits.
Nothing more was said as they all turned to watch the runners in the other heats.
In a moment, however, the runners were off and Peter John quickly advanced to the first place, followed by a line of five that were well bunched together.
The ground was bare in places, and the runners of the sleigh, as the iron bands passed over the gravel, emitted shrieks and groans as if they were striving to warn the sophomores of the impending peril.
He certainly was a well dressed handsome young fellow, and was prominent in college chiefly because of his success in athletics, for already he had the reputation of being one of the swiftest runners in college.
There were four runnersin his heat, and one of them was Ogden, the sophomore of whose reputation as a "sprinter" Will already was aware.
The distance between the runners was steadily maintained, and indeed, it seemed to Will as if it was being increased.
He said you had it in you to make one of the best runners in college, and he's going to keep an eye on you for the team too.
A silence rested over all as the three runners came swiftly up the track.
We still kept well off the beaten tracks and were therefore so happy as not to encounter runners from Bow Street, indignant parents, nor scheming rivals.
This was not at all to my liking, and a good deal outside my calculations, since I had not expected that these clumsy Bow Street runners would attempt to follow me in this fashion.
He was riding on a jumper, with runners under it, and he was galloping his strapping bay horses down from the big house on the ledges.
Nothing but dunnage bags go on those sleds till the runners hit the woods tote road and there's good slipping on the snow.
On the bare ground the runners shrieked, and he snapped his whip over the heads of the horses.
Forcing himself to think only of the business of steering, he flung it back on the trail, till the runners pointed dead ahead once more.
And sink the runners into the soft snow at the side?
Three runners scurried away toward Main Street; two others made a bee line for the janitor's entrance of the high school.
A heavy wagon onrunners seemed to occupy the entire road.
On the bases, the runners took swift leads with each lift of the pitcher's arm, scurrying back like scared rats as the ball thudded into the catcher's glove.
Side by side the two runners raced, neither able to wrest a yard's advantage from the other.
The seconds he waited for the runners to reach him seemed to stretch into hours.
With runnerson second and first, and one out, the Lakeville infield played close, to shut off a run at home.
Of the four runnersof the victorious team, only Rodman Cree was neglected.
Extremely variable in size and foliage, commencing to flower by upright stems in spring before any long runners are formed.
Lotus Blossom gave him five yen for the candy toy, the runners took hold of the jinrikisha, and away the children went on their journey.
But there are so many things to see to-day that Lotus Blossom forgets all about her sickness and burns, and wants her runners to stop every few minutes to rest.
The crackling turned into a snapping, the sled pivoting and the runners slipping and grating several inches to the side.
Matthewson insisted that the phrase included breaking the runners from the frozen grip of the snow.
O'Brien contended it was Thornton's privilege to knock the runners loose, leaving Buck to "break it out" from a dead standstill.
The load quivered, and from under the runners arose a crisp crackling.
Still, at times, they plunged into belts of shadow, where there was a crackling under the runners and a flitting by of ghostly trees that vanished when they once more swept out into the awful cold of the open.
The desolate town faded behind her; a grey blur that lifted itself out of the horizon, and was a big birch bluff, came flitting back to her; there was deep stillness, only intensified by the screech of runners and the soft drumming of hoofs.
Runners carried the new fire at full speed to all parts of the kingdom to rekindle the cold hearths; for every fire throughout the country had been extinguished as a preparation for this solemn rite.
These, at last, had to be abandoned, for owing to the lack of ammunition the cattle-runners were forced to make themselves scarce.
Then the two rifles spoke as one, and two of the runners stumbled, flung out their arms to save themselves, and pitched forward.
He had heard it when they fought Mexican bandits, Chinese smugglers, rum runners on Long Island and Incas in the Andes.
On, at a tremendous pace, over the snow, which gave out under our runners that crunching, iron sound only heard when the thermometer touches zero.
Runners were sent to the usual resorts of slave-hunters, to see if any clew could be learned of the fate of the missing family.
He immediately telegraphed to a vigorous worker in Ypsilanti, who sent runners in every direction, inquiring for a Hamilton family.
It had been re-transmitted by telephone from Lome to Mangu, whence it had been dispatched by relays of runners to our camp.
Each of these sleighs will accommodate two passengers, and is manipulated by a couple of natives, who stand bolt upright on the elongated runners that project behind, and guide its course with their feet.
A few twilight shapes were pattering through the narrow street--a squad of Yamên runners haling a prisoner.
This overhung the runners about 18 inches each side, and in a strong wind we could sit out on the windward end of this board, thus preventing the scooter from heeling over too far.
It was our intention to shoe the runners with strips of brass, but these were not procurable in our village, and we had no time to go down to Millville.
The runners were now placed over our larger canoe, with forward ends about on a line with the mast, and the crosspieces were fastened with screws to the gunwales.
The runners of the rennwolf were made of hickory strips, 1 inch thick, 2 inches wide and 8 feet long.
First we nailed the runners and rails to the blocks, fastening them with screws, spacing the blocks 16 inches from the ends, and 20 inches apart from center to center.
Of course, when coasting both feet would rest on the runners and the sled was steered by an occasional side push at the right or left.
Owing to the great length of the runners the rennwolf would easily ride over uneven surfaces and thin spots in the ice.
The mast was braced by stays attached to the ends of the runners and bowsprit.
The two runners were now placed parallel to each other about 18 inches apart, and connected by four cross bars, one at the forward end, and three on the upright posts, in about the positions illustrated.
In each end a notch 1/2 inch deep was cut to receive the runners and side rails.
A cross stick was also fastened between the rails and runners at the forward end.
If we can only get hold of a pair of sleigh runners it won't take long to rig up the sled boat.
The runners suspected that Powel was Price, and that he was a member of Old Patch's gang.
Two Bow Street runners were despatched to the house in York Street, which had evidently been taken on purpose for the outrage.
There were some runners in ancient times, as well among the Greeks as Romans, who have been much celebrated for their swiftness.
In the morning of the first day a race was run on foot, in which each of the runners carried a lighted torch in his hand, which they exchanged continually with each other without interrupting their race.
He has brought Bow Street with him, and likely enough at this moment the runners are ransacking the city hot-foot for my lodgings.
The next batter, a right-hander, hit a vicious single past McCarthy and there were runners on second and first.
He stepped slightly forward, snapped the long bat against the ball and drove it down the left field foul line; two runners sprinted across the plate, and the score was tied.
An error, followed quickly by a base on balls and a successful sacrifice bunt put Bear runners on second and third bases with but one out and Holleran coming to the bat.
As the umpire waved both runners out the crowd, bewildered for an instant by the rapidity with which McCarthy had executed the coup, commenced to understand and broke into a thundering round of applause as he limped toward the bench.
I like to see a player try to get therunners nearest home.
A run was across the plate, runners on first and third and no one out.
Road-runners racked away down the paths; squirrels scurried over worn-out placers, jays screamed and chattered in and out of the abandoned cabins.
The sledge began moving more and more slowly, the roar of the wind and the whirr of the runners was no longer so terrible, it was easier to breathe, and at last we were at the bottom.
In further illustration, and in support of Mr. Bright’s allegation, I refer again to the multitudinous blockade-runners from England.
For the good reason, that, while France erred with England in recognition of Rebel belligerence, no pirate ships or blockade-runners were built under shelter of this recognition to prey upon our commerce.
The blockade-runners were kindred to the pirate ships.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "runners" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
