Below you will find example sentences with "running backs". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Running Backs in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: running
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 28
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.4 words

Words in this phrase

running backs

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • running can mean: present participle and gerund of run Common word
  • backs can mean: plural of back Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

after year running backs are losing 1× and the running backs can create 1× but the running backs can catch 1× classified as running backs anymore 1× confirmed that running backs aren t 1× deals with running backs are tricky 1× does texas running backs coach tashard 1× duke s running backs were never 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and the running 1× best running back 1× brady will be 1× byu spent a 1× duke s running 1× future broncos it 1×

Common sentence endings:

a running back 1× backs at osu 1× coach since 2020 1× committed to texas 1× deal isiah pacheco 1× defense plays run 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

coach 7× run 3× plays 3× quarterbacks 3× texas 3× defense 2× get 2× kind 2× elite 2× defensive 2× country 2× season 2×

Related phrases

running shoes defensive backs running knee longest running weren running

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

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Just after it in the phrase index:

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Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

running shoes running knee

Same ending:

defensive backs

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "running backs" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as after year running backs are losing, and the running backs can create, coach, run and plays stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with running shoes, defensive backs and running knee, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with running backs

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

On the running backs: "I'm excited to see the running backs. (12 words)

The contract extensions received this offseason confirmed that running backs aren’t truly classified as running backs anymore. (18 words)

Murray was the running backs coach for in 2019 and has been Oklahoma's running backs coach since 2020. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Future Broncos: It’s time for Denver to make a splash at running backIf there is one major takeaway from the Denver Broncos on the offensive side of the ball to date, it’s that they desperately need to upgrade their stable of running backs. (45 words)

Q. Did you get any kind of reaction from other running backs or other coaches since you’ve had success at that elite level with two running backs, that this is kind of a home for runners? (37 words)

Brady will be joined in the backfield by standout running back Cedric Benning, who will continue to benefit from the tutelage of running backs coach Ray Lawry III, the leading rusher in Old Dominion University history. (36 words)

Question examples

Q. Did you get any kind of reaction from other running backs or other coaches since you’ve had success at that elite level with two running backs, that this is kind of a home for runners? (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

The Aztecs also graduated starting running backs Jordan Byrd and Chance Bell, though depth remains in the running backs room.

Murray was the running backs coach for in 2019 and has been Oklahoma's running backs coach since 2020.

And the running backs can create mismatches (power run when the defense plays pass, but the running backs can catch passes if the defense plays run).

On the running backs: "I'm excited to see the running backs.

Q. Did you get any kind of reaction from other running backs or other coaches since you’ve had success at that elite level with two running backs, that this is kind of a home for runners?

The contract extensions received this offseason confirmed that running backs aren’t truly classified as running backs anymore.

BYU spent a dozen years on the outside looking in, while supplying quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, linebackers, linemen and defensive backs to the NFL.

Recruiting never sleeps and neither does Texas running backs coach Tashard Choice when it comes to his pursuit of elite backs all over the country.

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Tackling has also been an issue for the defensive backs, but they’ve also been made to tackle running backs downfield far more often than they should.

Brady will be joined in the backfield by standout running back Cedric Benning, who will continue to benefit from the tutelage of running backs coach Ray Lawry III, the leading rusher in Old Dominion University history.

Duke’s running backs were never able to get going either, as the Louisville front seven did a great job diagnosing plays and filling up running lanes.

I said, hey, when we’re working on the handoffs with the running backs would you please just take a couple as a running back.

Trayanum, who began his college career as a running back at Arizona State, played linebacker early last season before returning to offense when injuries caused a shortage of healthy running backs at OSU.

With the run Texas has been on at running back it is easy to forget that Blue was one of the top-rated running backs in the country when he committed to Texas.

Year after year running backs are losing leverage in free agency after another winner has won with a running back on the cheap deal (Isiah Pacheco, ).

Best running back handcuffs to consider in 2024 fantasy footballIdentifying some of the most valuable backup running backs in fantasy football, including Blake Corum.

Future Broncos: It’s time for Denver to make a splash at running backIf there is one major takeaway from the Denver Broncos on the offensive side of the ball to date, it’s that they desperately need to upgrade their stable of running backs.

In the case of a running back, that option is extremely important as long-term deals with running backs are tricky to work out.

Pittsburgh Steelers running backs coach Dick Hoak, in his 34th season as a Steelers assistant coach, talks with running back Verron Haynes before a team workout at the Pontiac Silverdom, Feb. 1, 2006 in Pontiac, Mich.

He’ll coach quarterbacks on top of running the offense, which means one or both of (offensive coordinator/running backs) and (quarterbacks) is about to be moved, demoted or fired.

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