Sentence examples for adapted to running from inspiring English sources

Bustards have rather long legs, adapted to running.

The limbs as well became more horselike in proportion and better adapted to running.

A striking example is the radiation, beginning in the Paleogene Period (beginning 65.5 million years ago), of basal mammalian stock into forms adapted to running, leaping, climbing, swimming, and flying.

I have been a dedicated surfer for more than 30 years and like to think that my arms and shoulders have adapted to paddling the way a marathon runner's legs have adapted to running, but I was sore and winded by the time I made it out to the waves that day.

Darwin's 1842 monograph, which set out the principles of On The Origin of Species, uses as his first example of adaptation and selection the model of the greyhound, a dog whose every fiber is adapted to running down hare.

The hyracodont family contains long-legged members adapted to running, such as Hyracodon, and were distinguished by incisor characteristics.

He commutes to the apiary in a 2005 Volkswagen Golf, which he adapted to run on 90 percent vegetable oil.

Propulsion comes from a supercharged 1.1-liter BMW motorcycle engine that has been adapted to run on E85 biofuel.

Diesel engines must be adapted to run on biodiesel, though even without modification they can tolerate small amounts blended with ordinary diesel fuel.

Seeing a disconnect between the beloved but gas-guzzling 1970 Cadillac and the environmental speaking engagements he would drive it to, he had a 1965 Lincoln Continental convertible adapted to run on used cooking oil from the restaurant.

The ventilated passage included a motorcycle adapted to run along a rail, and emerges in a recently constructed house built on a small hill with a panoramic view of the prison and a nearby military base.