run-in Sentence Examples

  1. The car's engine stalled and came to a run-in.
  2. The two cars collided in a run-in at the intersection.
  3. The runners pushed their limits in the marathon's final run-in.
  4. The police conducted a run-in with armed suspects.
  5. The politician dodged a run-in with a potential scandal.
  6. The company faced a run-in with regulatory authorities.
  7. The siblings had an unexpected run-in at the park.
  8. The dog had a run-in with a skunk and came home smelling awful.
  9. The hiker lost their way and had a run-in with wildlife.
  10. The spacecraft successfully completed its run-in with the asteroid.

run-in Meaning

run-in

to break in (a new machine) gradually by careful operation, to pay a casual visit, something inserted as a substantial addition in copy or typeset matter, to insert as additional matter, to arrest for a usually minor offense, the final part of a race or racetrack, altercation, quarrel, an angry dispute, to make (typeset matter) continuous without a paragraph or other break

FAQs About the word run-in

to break in (a new machine) gradually by careful operation, to pay a casual visit, something inserted as a substantial addition in copy or typeset matter, to in

come over, drop in, call, run (over), stop (by or in), step in, drop by,visit, come by, see

release, release,discharge, discharge, emancipate, spring, free, emancipate, loose, liberate

The car's engine stalled and came to a run-in.

The two cars collided in a run-in at the intersection.

The runners pushed their limits in the marathon's final run-in.

The police conducted a run-in with armed suspects.