Sentence examples for a practice run of from inspiring English sources

The directors must hear a practice run of your presentation before you leave for Christmas break.

Then, as the crew does a practice run of i-Cybie scratching its ear, the dog stops cold again.

As each oven varies, it's worth having a practice run of these to see exactly how long the babycakes need to give them this glorious texture.

At four o'clock one September morning, in the black, cold water of the River Vltava, Josef makes a practice run of the escape trick he will perform for the club's members.

After Austad's brief introductory remarks, a scientist named Nir Barzilai tuned up his PowerPoint and launched into a practice run of the main presentation.

The CEO then initiated a practice run of one aspect of speaking consequentially--using specific and engaging language.

Speed skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Olympics, where Swiss speed skiier Nicolas Bochatay died during a practice run on the morning of the finals.

On Feb. 2, 1945, during a practice run off the east coast of Florida, his Grumman Hellcat went into a tailspin at 10,000 feet, shattering as it slammed into the ocean.

That was weird enough until New Zealand ran the course alone again in the second contest because Sweden's Artemis Racing team was still rebuilding its boat after it capsized in a practice run on May 9, killing one of its crew men, Andrew Simpson.

Evans's "Frame Houses in Virginia" (1936), a deadpan strip of houses trotting horizontally across the frame, looks like a practice run for Edward Ruscha's marathon of a list, "Every Building on the Sunset Strip" (1966), which is laid out in a long, accordion-folded strip.

(One source with knowledge of the deal, who spoke on condition of anonymity, says the James was a "practice run" for Hanson, who has ambitions of his own as a boutique hotelier. "So Ian Schrager's old hotel company is now taking on practice-run hotels," sneers the source).