Sentence examples for run in circles from inspiring English sources

"run in circles" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or something that is busy but not productive or going nowhere, or it can be used in a more literal sense to describe someone actually running in circles. Example: "I've been running in circles all day trying to figure out how to solve this problem, but I'm still stuck."

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run in circles

verb

Alternative form of go round in circles

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They run in circles, again and again.

That's the first thing that happens when you run in circles in the desert all day?

For 14 hours he has done nothing but lift heavy things and run in circles.

And, as anyone who has ever run in circles knows, track will never make you rich.

"When people run in circles/ It's a very, very/ Mad world".

If this seems like a kangaroo court in which the kangaroos all run in circles, you are not alone.

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We ran in circles.

"Pavement" keeps running in circles.

Shadow runs in circles.

It seems almost Sisyphean, running in circles.

We're just running in circles".

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