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Meanings of run hither in English

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Usage of run hither in English
1
These people did not run hither and thither as many people did.
In the Days of the Comet
2
Omnibuses, or street cars working on rails run hither and thither.
North America — Volume 1
3
The way women run hither and yon after Tom, Dick, and Harry is surprising.
The Lost Despatch
4
By his magnificence the clouds run hither and thither.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
5
Why do all the folk run hither and thither?
The Princess Pocahontas
6
Leap across the brook, naughty child, and run hither!
The Scarlet Letter
7
Certainly -that is, if I let my men run hither and thither to fetch them.
Havelok the Dane: A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln
8
We are neither of us children who may run hither and yon, as if this isle were another Eden.
Caleb's crossing
9
His driver having been slain, Satyaki's steeds were seen to run hither and thither, O Bharata, in that battle.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
10
Then we are impatient of so public a life and planet, and run hither and thither for nooks and secrets.
Essays — Second Series
11
They run hither and thither, trying this and that, but leaving everything half done, to fly off to something else.
The Good News of God
12
Though thou run hither and thither, thou wilt not find peace, save in humble subjection to the authority of him who is set over thee.
The Imitation of Christ
13
Grimy-faced men ran hither and thither about the decks of both vessels.
The Boy Allies under Two Flags
14
Bobbie ran hither and thither trying to look up and see Maya.
The Adventures of Maya the Bee
15
Roughly clad boys were running hither and thither, carrying fish or water.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901
16
Men ran hither and thither, seeking with their eyes roads of escape.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
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