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 helps Marsden run lines for a fictional film and sees the defense counsel implode.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2023
"We all had these balconies that we could walk out on and yell at each other, like, Are you still awake? I want to run lines!"
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2018
“It keeps my hands busy, which keeps my brain busy, and I can just sit and run lines or obsess about school lunches or whatever loop I find myself in.”
From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2018
Simply as added precaution, though, I've run lines so that any time one of these signals lets go, it sounds a buzzer on the head of our bed, so I'm automatically taking the night shift.
From Skylark Three by Wessolowski, Hans Waldemar
