Sentence examples for errand down from inspiring English sources

"Hopefully this puts an end to it," said Amy Bailey, 21, while on a lunchtime errand down the street from the post office, referring to the jumpy nerves she has seen since Oct. 17, when more than 150 F.B.I. agents and postal inspectors descended on West Trenton.

Bedazzled by the prospect of unraveling the mysteries of psychic suffering, researchers have spent recent decades on a fool's errand — chasing down chemical imbalances that don't exist.

Whether it be another commitment from work or piling on errands, turning down invites is okay from time to time.

At the offices of the thick fashion monthly Runway, the perpendicular girls in John Galliano and heels race through the corridors like cranes on point; one girl, running across the street on a meaningless errand, gets knocked down by a car.

While Exec founder Justin Kan said that cleaning had become "more impactful than its errands business revenue-wise after only a few months of operation" — and was accounting for 90 to 95percentt of usage when "Errands" was shut down — the latter was one of his favorite parts of the business.

Exec has since shut down its errand service to focus on cleaning (and lowered its prices as well) while TaskRabbit also "realigned" (with some layoffs) to focus on its enterprise and mobile offerings.

Between your 9-5 job, cooking meals, and running daily errands, hunting down good music is probably the last thing on your mind once Friday rolls around.

1. Slow Down: Many errands make for less awareness about our surroundings.

On another piece of fresh paper, write down your errands and prioritize to get things accomplished.

I have travelled from London to Leitrim to meet him but, thus far, my only contact has been two apologetic text messages, the first saying that his jeep had broken down "on an errand to Belfast", the second assuring us he was on his way back in a rented car.

Just think of how many possible matches pass us by on the way to work, or out running errands as we are staring down at our mobile devices.