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
To memorize the tirades, Messina enlisted his kids to run lines.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023
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 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
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
