I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
along
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I pulled up my coat collar and sprinted along the platform and into the shelter of the waiting room.
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He sprinted along the bank and plunged into the freezing chest-deep water as the 15-month-old boy floated quickly away, face down.
up
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Trent sprinted up the dock and spotted the President's granddaughter.
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But surely, a speaker could have conveyed an impression of athleticism simply by saying that they sprinted up the hill.
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When she moved, a bright green lizard sprinted up the wall and vanished.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Athletes who have been trained to sprint aren't usually very good at running long distances.
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Margaret sprinted down the street, almost collapsing when she reached us.
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The bus driver must have seen me sprinting for the bus, but he drove off.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the tension Gascoigne had been suffering was suddenly released, and he celebrated by sprinting to the sidelines.
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Always a keen driver, his first taste of competition saw him sprinting a dark green Sunbeam Talbot MkIII in 1956.
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Certainly, the last two decades have been years in which federal policy has sprinted in their direction.
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He gathered these up and sprinted after her.
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He was even known occasionally to sprint on the spot.
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Janir sprinted forward, then hesitated.
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She barreled down the runway, sprinting full speed.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
champion
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The sportswear giants broke off their deal with the world sprint champion who's awaiting a four-year ban for drug abuse.
■ VERB
win
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Plagued with leg trouble this season, the four-year-old is more than capable of winning another small sprint .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a 200-meter sprint
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I beat my personal best for the 25-metre sprint .
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I made a quick sprint to the local shop for some coffee.
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They chose Alex for the last leg of the relay race because he was an excellent sprinter.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And the winner of a mass sprint is a brave winner indeed.
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He broke into a breathless sprint .
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If anyone on the line misses, the whole line has to do a sprint .
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Intermediate sprints help towards this prize and the peloton will be split time and again.
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It took 61 minutes to turn the car around and position it at the start of the course for the second sprint .
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The season is a marathon, not a sprint .
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This agrees with the observation that human marathons are won at about half the speed of 100 m sprints.