Sentence examples for a simple errand from inspiring English sources

Jeff, meanwhile, faces the (for him) equally daunting challenge of running a simple errand for his mother, Sharon Susan Sarandonn).

Stephanie Gorski of Wyckoff, N.J., drove into midtown Manhattan yesterday on what she thought would be a simple errand.

In some neighborhoods, it's almost impossible to run a simple errand without feeling the crosshairs on your back.

They said Mr. Vasquez, who fancies himself a ladies' man according to his F.B.I. wanted poster, was done in by a simple errand for his wife.

His aunt wasn't home, so he hung around the stage door and wound up fetching coffee for that evening's acts — a simple errand that over time led to a larger career.

Ms. Hansen has said Mr. Ingram had a similar episode in 1995, when he left to do a simple errand and disappeared for nine months, said Capt. Jim Chamberlain of the sheriff's department in Thurston County, Wash.

WHEN David Hicks drives himself to his local home improvement store and can't find a disabled parking space, his simple errand can swiftly turn into an exercise in frustration.

This can mean running some simple errands, making a phone call or two, or even getting a snack for the person.

Alongside those consequential conversations, Dr. Rodchenkov recorded the mundane details of his life — simple errands like buying a Bounty chocolate bar at Sochi's central market along with cold medicine for Thierry Boghosian, the international lab inspector who never detected Russia's brazen breaches of drug-testing during the three weeks of the Sochi Games.

This variation on what is sometimes called a "noodlehead story" revolves around bumbling Epossumondas's inability to perform simple errands for his mama in a satisfactory way.

A new start-up called Zaarly hopes to alter the way people outsource simple errands and tasks.