Example sentences for: marathon

How can you use “marathon” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Kenyan runner Joseph Chebet won the Boston Marathon . The heartwarming spin: He finally won the race after finishing second in his last three marathons.

  • And Ginsberg was noted for unleashing many of his more notable works in marathon sessions under the influence of controlled substances, while Podhoretz's work diverged so far from the liberal mainstream that one could argue it could only have emerged using similar means.

  • According to legend, the soldier who ran from Marathon to Athens — a distance of 42 km (26 miles) — to report the victory then died of exhaustion.

  • In one of her marathon phone confessions with Tripp, she even makes a shrewd case that in seducing the president, she was serving the public interest.

  • A day with McCain in New Hampshire is a marathon of candor without precedent in modern presidential politics.


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