run lines
Example Sentences
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When my parents run lines with me, they push on intention—delivering dialogue with authenticity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025
He watched his colleague take up acting classes again, something she had left behind after high school, and helped her run lines.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023
After rehearsals ended, Benko would run lines with her husband and musical collaborator, Jason Yeager, in their living room.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2022
After a 2002 snowstorm rocked North Carolina, leaving 2 million homes without electricity, the state studied how much it would cost to run lines underground.
From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2021
To these Page 444 bases there must run lines of communication guarded from interruption by the enemy.
From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver