How to Use run out of time in a Sentence

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• The Sun Devils may have run out of time against the Bruins.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2022
• With the holiday days away, the foundation had run out of time.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2021
• Somewhere along the way, Mathis lost his right engine and began to run out of time.
  — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Mar. 2021
• But eventually teams run out of time with players and a decision has to be made.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 4 June 2022
• And the world has run out of time to get Afghans out through military evacuations at Kabul airport as well.
  — Brian Castner, Time, 9 Sep. 2021
• The tragedy of the common applies here because each individual’s making the best use of their own time inevitably makes the entire team run out of time.
  — George Bradt, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
• Seemingly having run out of time and patience, Graham hastily thanks Grant for his time.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 12 Mar. 2023
• Meanwhile, tenants who have applied to the program and are facing eviction may run out of time to pay off their bills before they are put out of their apartments.
  — al, 30 Sep. 2021
• In the rushed, waning hours of the holiday season, books are one of the ultimate last-minute purchases for shoppers who have run out of time or ideas for those on their lists.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2021
• Often these offers were for two to six months of forbearance, meaning many borrowers who took these options in the spring have run out of time, or soon will.
  — Cheryl Winokur Munk, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2020
• But with early voting underway and the primary coming up next week, the Edwards campaign may run out of time, and Cawthorn could still come out on top of the splintered field.
  — Washington Post, 10 May 2022
• Whatever term gets used, the debate over whether and how to block the sun’s rays will only intensify as the effects of climate change increase and the world starts to run out of time for better options.
  — New York Times, 31 Oct. 2021
• But as Confederate monuments are toppled around the South and calls for social justice continue to ring out, those fans may have run out of time.
  — CBS News, 10 June 2020
• Sometimes, rookies making their debut run out of time to prepare for the opposing pitcher because of how many moving pieces there are during the day.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2022
• Birch said a number of states have brought bills to floors of their respective legislatures and even though a few will run out of time this session, Birch is hopeful the legislation could be brought back in 2023.
  — Brooks Sutherland, The Enquirer, 1 July 2022
• Fathers and mothers trying to register for immigration appointments are blocked by error messages, stymied by frozen screens or run out of time before all the day’s slots are taken.
  — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2023
• Republicans promised meaningful property tax reduction, so don’t be surprised if lawmakers run out of time and Gov. Greg Abbott calls a special session on the issue.
  — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2023
• The New York Times first reported the committee has withdrawn its outstanding subpoenas, an admission that the committee has run out of time to receive its requested information.
  — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024