runty

Example Sentences

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Weyerhaeuser, America’s largest private landowner, launched a venture to turn runty trees and sawdust from its mills into a replacement for metallurgical coal used in steel making.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Enter Dennis France, a runty cop groupie who had befriended Leasure at a Pomona gun show and liked to go on ride alongs with him.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

“She’s kind of runty, although she just had a growth spurt, and she’s taking off. She’s about three-quarters the size of mom.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2023

Such runty particles wouldn’t produce detectable nuclear recoils.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 27, 2022

The runty, asthmatic-sounding voice seemed to come out of nowhere.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen