Literary notes about run (AI summary)
The word “run” demonstrates remarkable versatility in literary writing, serving both literal and metaphorical purposes. It can evoke the sense of physical escape or hurried movement, as seen when characters flee peril or seize the moment, whether running away from an oppressive situation ([1], [2], [3]) or dashing into action on an everyday errand ([4], [5]). At other times, it captures the idea of continuous operation or a natural flow, such as when time or natural elements are described as running unimpeded ([6], [7]). Moreover, “run” is employed to reflect internal states and processes, from the unfettered energy of youth ([8]) to the measured rhythm of life or fate, as feelings and events seem to run their inevitable course ([9], [10]). This multifaceted usage enriches the narrative by linking concrete physicality with abstract concepts of progress and transformation.
- it was you that put it into the heads of Henry and John to run away.
— from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass - I fear I ought not to have run away from that school!
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy - it is hard to have to run away so much: isn't it?"
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott - Then she took her into her chamber, and said to her, “Run into the garden, and bring me a pumpkin.”
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang - You may be sure I won't run off with the children or steal the spoons."
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott - Thus the records run: Crowded house at Port Byron.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) by Ida Husted Harper - If there was, the subterranean current must necessarily run from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, from the sole cause of difference of level.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne - We would talk about the birds and flowers and grass and Jumbo and Pearl. If you liked, we would run and jump and hop and dance, and be very happy.
— from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller - Its very memory, even now, makes my soul shudder, and my blood run cold.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne - But the suggestions run beyond what is, as yet, actually given in experience.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey