How to Use runny in a Sentence

runny

adjective
  • My eyes felt itchy and runny.
  • The scrambled eggs are runny.
  • The pudding is runnier than I like it.
  • Maybe a headache and some have like a runny nose, a cough.
    — oregonlive, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The flu comes with high fevers, body aches, headaches, cough and a runny nose.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Your—or your child—have a runny nose, fever, and cough.
    — Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The first signs of the measles include a fever, red eyes, cough, and runny nose.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 3 Apr. 2019
  • Crack the egg in the well and cook until the white is slightly cooked and yolk is runny.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Dear Heloise: Nine times out of 10, my gravy is too thin and runny.
    — Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The young girl had been sent home for having a runny nose.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Ever miss a day of 3rd grade with a headache, runny nose and a throat bruise?
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The extent of his symptoms were a loss of taste and smell, a mild fever, and a runny nose.
    — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2021
  • The symptoms of the disease are fever, headache, cough, runny nose and body aches.
    — Reuters, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Jade had a low-grade fever and a bit of a runny nose, but nothing that caused alarm.
    — Sarah Kay Leblanc, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2020
  • The sugary filling will be soft and runny until the bars have a chance to cool.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Symptoms include a high fever, cough, runny nose and a rash all over the body.
    — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Symptoms of the virus include a runny nose, headache, cough and fever.
    — Loyd Brumfield, Dallas News, 4 Mar. 2020
  • If the filling is too warm and runny, chill it for a bit and whip filling again.
    — Carol Deptolla, Journal Sentinel, 27 July 2022
  • Symptoms can include a high fever, cough, runny nose and a rash all over the body.
    — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
  • And the kids themselves seemed to be faring well, too, with just coughs and runny noses.
    — Hallie Levine, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2020
  • The ones that come after days of misery for your child: the fever, the cough, the runny nose, and trouble breathing.
    — Emily Nadal, Parents, 20 July 2023
  • But a few weeks later, Porter's wife and son fell ill, and then Porter got a cough and a runny nose.
    — Mallika Kallingal, CNN, 16 May 2020
  • The classic signs of spring have emerged: Red eyes, runny noses and fits of sneezing.
    — Jo Craven McGinty, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2019
  • The symptoms look a lot like the flu: fever, sore throat, tiredness, cough, runny nose.
    — Brian Castrucci, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • When the eggs are mostly cooked but still a bit runny, turn off the heat and cover the skillet.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2019
  • The meal kit comes with udon, shrimp, tempura, a runny egg and more.
    — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 21 Jan. 2021
  • The most common symptoms of the Delta variant were headache, sore throat, runny nose, and fever.
    — Team Verywell Health, Verywell Health, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The dark wine, the melted candles, the runny chocolate.
    — Clare Sestanovich, Harper's Magazine, 23 June 2020
  • Just one pill can relieve all day from sneezing, runny nose, itchy, watery eyes, and itching of the nose and throat.
    — Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Your red eyes and runny noses don’t deceive you—seasonal allergies are getting worse, a miserable reality for nearly one in three US adults and one in four children.
    — Umair Irfan, Wired News, 5 Apr. 2025

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