How to Use runaround in a Sentence

runaround

noun

• Hoover said he was put through a runaround that left him with nothing.
  — Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Feb. 2021
• The constant runaround of cooking, shopping, cleaning, all in the name of a good time!
  — Liana Finck, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2022
• And an official who was giving him the runaround made time to see him.
  — Azam Ahmed and Frances Robles, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
• After days of giving her the runaround, the agency promised that a truckful of P.P.E. was on its way.
  — Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020
• Servicers are giving them the runaround in ways that can hamstring their progress.
  — Erin Arvedlund, Philly.com, 26 June 2017
• Again the runaround, the look of fear, fear for their own lives, in the faces of republican officials.
  — John Dos Passos, National Review, 28 Sep. 2020
• All three of us teachers asked for copies of the air quality report and were given the runaround.
  — Caitlin R. McGlade, Sun-Sentinel.com, 31 Aug. 2017
• Pained lyrics about runaround women, sung by long-haired alpha guys.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2021
• Of course, they were sent to Mr. Williams’s office by the parks department — these poor ladies have been getting the same runaround for months.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
• Many told me of being ignored or dismissed or given the runaround.
  — Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
• So began a bureaucratic runaround that might have made Kafka proud.
  — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021
• The condo association has pretty much been giving me the runaround.
  — Benny L. Kass, chicagotribune.com, 18 Oct. 2017
• Could be a lot of running required Monday, given the 134th-ranked Bublik's penchant for sliced returns, drop shots, lobs and runaround forehands from midcourt.
  — Howard Fendrich, courant.com, 2 July 2017
• There’s something mischievous about all this runaround, and it’s absolutely given the show its own unique identity.
  — Bryan Bishop, The Verge, 5 Nov. 2018
• Although Marseille's players had seemingly given up, having been given the runaround by the French star, their fans certainly hadn't.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 16 May 2018
• The idea is rooted in a belief that less federal oversight will cut bureaucratic runaround and trim wasteful spending.
  — Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News, 16 June 2017
• At times, when an applicant asks about the total breakdown of compensation, they are stonewalled, given the runaround, put off or offered some very vague double-talk numbers.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• Kristin Tevonian, who lives in suburban Illinois, faced a runaround when trying to refill her methotrexate script at Walgreens.
  — Laura Weiss, The New Republic, 27 July 2022
• Bohne said the project’s opponents encountered either unresponsive ears or were given the runaround.
  — Washington Post, 29 May 2017
• As a result, many residents desperate to get themselves or their high-risk family members tested are getting the runaround.
  — Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, 23 Mar. 2020
• The documentary depicts the runarounds, omissions and injustices the family faced while challenging the official story from the police and jail officials in the Texas county where Bland was found dead.
  — Zoe Haylock, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2018
• And — surprise, surprise — most of the complaints about being hassled and given the runaround are coming from residents in Boulder, a growing island of Democrats in a deeply and devoutly Republican ocean.
  — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Sep. 2020
• Fashion weeks, everywhere, are generally pretty lively after the runaround that happens during the day.
  — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2018
• Supervisor Hilda Solis, who co-authored the motion, said families like the Kizzees are often given the runaround when seeking information.
  — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2021
• Customers appreciate the simplicity and transparency of getting great products and service without the runaround.
  — Blake Morgan, Forbes, 1 May 2022
• Advocates for immigrants say the hardball tactics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement are blocking due process rights, creating chaos and forcing runarounds in court systems to get immigrants who are accused of crimes in front of judges.
  — Washington Post, 10 May 2018
• Advocates for immigrants say the hardball tactics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement are blocking due process rights, creating chaos, and forcing runarounds in court systems to get immigrants who are accused of crimes in front of judges.
  — Alanna Durkin Richer, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2018
• The measure is aimed at reducing the current bureaucratic runaround, under which people often have to visit offices, endure long phone calls or struggle with the delays of mail and fax machines when trying to contact federal agencies.
  — Josh Boak, ajc, 13 Dec. 2021
• Medina said corporate representatives gave her the runaround.
  — Robert Anglen, azcentral, 17 July 2019
• Here’s how two experts suggest navigating this new financial reality — no runaround required.
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2020

Last Updated: 26 Jul 2024