Words similar to runner

Example sentences for: runner

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

At night underground I imagine him nearby somewhere, long limbs caught quickfrozen in a runner's pose, fingers reaching, hard as marble-- I am poured out, O Lord, poured out like water --all night I dream him in that posture of longing, held and stilled beneath the motion and the industry, the unimaginable weight of our living world.
When Sabol watches a football game, he scrutinizes an area in front of the runner and including the runner.
The community's understanding of the rule that a runner must always touch the base to which he is forced was that this rule didn't apply when a game was won in the ninth inning.
Post-college, Daniel worked as runner for a big-time bookie.
The catcher also gives signals to the infielders, letting them know what to do in case of a double steal, or what to do if a runner at first tries to steal when there's also a runner at third.