treadmill

Example Sentences

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From my treadmill desk, I attend “Overwhelmed and Burnt Out,” also known as “Burnout Circle,” a 45-minute Zoom meeting led by a Good Inside counselor.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

He was clad in pink lycra and running on a treadmill for the whole hour of his Edinburgh Fringe show.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

The pattern holds whether scientists are testing how fast lizards run on a treadmill, measuring how sharks swim in the ocean, or tracking how quickly bacterial cells divide.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

“Maybe what I need to do is just celebrate all I’ve done instead of getting back into this rat race, on this treadmill, and look for something totally different,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

“The ocean current is like a treadmill beneath our keel,” the captain tells me.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman