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
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• Each taco was savory and had a slight kick of spiciness that gave me a runny nose.
  — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
• One of the wedding guests came down with a cough, sore throat, runny nose, muscle aches and a loss of his sense of taste.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2020
• Belly rubs and cuddles bring red eyes and a runny nose.
  — Christiane Gelitz, Scientific American, 4 May 2023
• In adults and kids, whooping cough can look very much like a cold, prompting a runny nose and cough.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
• When it’s boiled, there’s no way to tell if the egg is runny or set, with a yolk that’s smooth, fudgy, or the texture of a rubber boot.
  — Ruby Tandoh, Bon Appétit, 13 July 2022
• Crack in 4 of the eggs and cook undisturbed until whites are set but yolks are still runny, 4 to 5 minutes.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022
• Bailey recommends that people watch out for signs of lethargy, runny nose, or discharge around the eyes.
  — Sarah Boden, NPR, 22 Jan. 2025
• For many, the bacterial infection starts with symptoms similar to the common cold — a runny nose, sneezing, a low-grade fever and a tickly cough — but a painful, full-body cough can develop after a week or two.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Feb 2025