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How to use runny in a sentence

14 example sentences · adjective

Runny means fluid; readily flowing. Example: “The mucus in coryza may vary from runny to viscous.”

Examples of runny by meaning

adjectiveLiable to run or drip.

  • a runny nose
  • a runny tap

More sentences with runny

  • The mucus in coryza may vary from runny to viscous.From the entry mucus
  • Runny yolk in the middle of a flavorful cloud of egg whites and seasoning—yum!2018, Jen Fisch, The Big Book of Ketogenic Diet Cooking: 200 Everyday Recipes and Easy 2-Week Meal Plans for a Healthy Keto Lifestyle…. From the entry cloud egg
  • His specialty has been goofball sweetie-pies: romantics, naïfs, the occasional superhero with a runny nose.2017 January 26, Rachel Saltz, “Review: Shah Rukh Khan as ‘Raees,’ a Villain but Still a Do-Gooder”, in The New York Times, New York…. From the entry sweetie-pie
  • If necessary, add a little water so that the texture is like a runny jam.2012 August, Franck Dangereux, “Roasted goat's cheese with guava and ginger compote and cinnamon-chilli oil”, in Feast at Home, Quivertree…. From the entry compôte
  • Two medium eggs, dry pan "fried", still runny, added pepper and a drizzle of tomato sauce (ketchup).2006 January 12, Ozgirl, “Elegant food”, in alt.support.diabetes (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Nov 2023. From the entry tomato saucey
  • You'll usually have to settle for either a runny yolk or a tough white.1997 March 20, Kristin Eddy, “EGGS a dozen ways”, in Atlanta Journal Constitution. From the entry fried egg
  • This slowed entry into the bowel reduces built-up gas and runny poos which leads to a happier, more contented baby.2012, Jan Murray, Mum, Baby & Toddler. From the entry built-up
  • Maria was spooning runny egg into Alex's eager little mouth.2011, Marilyn Glenn, Our Fragile Lives, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry chucky egg
  • Even butter had proved beyond her means, for the milk she had tried to churn had never firmed up beyond the consistency of runny clabber.1997, Charles Frazier, chapter 2, in Cold Mountain, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 25. From the entry clabber
  • 'The only reason one should peel a nugger is for a doggo who gets the runny poops from not being able to tolerate the coating,' added a different user.2019 June 18, Charlotte Karp, “Love at first bite! Besotted couple peel McDonald's chicken nuggets for each other before dipping them in…. From the entry nugger
  • After passing it under her runny nose, a skinny chalk-colored girl raised a hand so disgustingly ashy, so white and dry-skinned, that it could only be black.2015, Paul Beatty, chapter 11, in The Sellout, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 159. From the entry ashy
  • These symptoms intensify over the next 12 h, during which time she has a runny nose, is lacrimating, and has uncontrollable yawning and intensification of muscle cramping and jerking.2015, “CNS Drug List and Practice Questions”, in USMLE Step 1 Pharmacology Lecture Notes 2015, New York, N.Y.: Kaplan Medical, →ISBN…. From the entry lacrimate

Meaning of runny

  1. adjective Fluid; readily flowing.
  2. adjective Liable to run or drip.

Full definition of runny

Questions about runny in a sentence

How do you use runny in a sentence?
Runny is used as an adjective. For example: “The mucus in coryza may vary from runny to viscous.”
What is a short sentence with runny?
“a runny nose”
What does runny mean?
Runny means fluid; readily flowing.

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