let run out

Example Sentences

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Then the mercury is let run out at room temperature, and parts are cast from the ceramic mold.

From Time Magazine Archive

We're nearly a minute off now," he said, "and I've let myself in to wait for a Dutchman I let run out when I saw you coming.

From Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford by Chester, George Randolph

The cable was let run out, the sails were sheeted home, and, with a light breeze off the land, we stood out of the harbour, followed by the sloop.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald

The cable was unshackled at the fifteen fathoms shackle, the rope fastened to it, and the chain let run out of the hawse-hole.

From The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document by Anonymous

"My father will pay for the molasses I let run out, Mrs. Golden!"

From Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store by Rogers, Walter S.