Sentence examples for making a run on from inspiring English sources

In American Madness (1932) a compassionate bank president (played by Walter Huston) tries to stem the tide of Depression-panicked customers making a run on his beleaguered institution.

In the commodities sector, the analogue would be making a run on a precious metal — in order to manipulate the price.

Richards took the left-back with him by making a run on the outside, opening up a gap in the centre into which Touré slotted the ball.

Despite the weaknesses in the Japanese economy, the yen tends to strengthen against other currencies in times of global financial uncertainty, partly because the country still runs a current-account surplus, making a run on the yen unlikely.

The yen tends to strengthen against other currencies despite a weak economy at home because Japan still runs a current-account surplus, making a run on the currency unlikely.

Some investors may once again be viewing the yen as a haven because Japan still runs a surplus in its current account — or the difference between total imports and exports — making a run on the currency unlikely, the investment bank UBS wrote in a note to clients on Tuesday.

Also noteworthy are the contributions of Seth Weiner, JP Forrest, Eduardo Gil Galue, Christy Gast, Kim Jones, Ronnie Yarisal and Katja Kublitz, and the collective called the 62, which made a run-on stop-action panorama from mostly still images.

I'm going down to make a run on it.

Otherwise I might just make a run on the nearest pretzel vendor.

With a new album of unreleased material and a pile of reissues, Hendrix makes a run on this week's chart.

The stock market plummeted, and Georgians made a run on banks, wiping out $165 million in deposits at the Bank of Georgia.