How to Use treadmill in a Sentence

treadmill

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  • Here are our picks for the best curved treadmills of 2023.
    — Talene Appleton, menshealth.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • There was a big pile of clean laundry on the deck of the treadmill.
    — George Saunders, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Now take away the treadmill, the bike, the weights, all that pricy and bulky gear.
    — Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Over the course of an hour, Ms. Reiss jogged on each of the six treadmills for five to 10 minutes.
    — John Otis, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The treadmill was pre-set at a high rate of speed and a high incline.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 11 Apr. 2024
  • During the tune, Jack hopped on a treadmill toward the back of the stage in front of a video screen.
    — Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2022
  • Jumped on the treadmill for an hour and a half, showered and went to dinner.
    — Laurie Larsh, Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
  • If the incline feels too high, try setting the treadmill at 10 to start.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 14 Aug. 2023
  • In the new film, Regina is seen logging miles on the treadmill at home.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
  • In a video, the pair show their muscles in a mirror while Spears walks on the treadmill.
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2021
  • What gave you the confidence to step off the treadmill and write at your own pace?
    — Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The boy's cousin, Megan Brown, said Jesse sprained his ankle on a treadmill at a gym on Jan. 16.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Both men are 59 — too young to retire but too old to stay on a treadmill to nowhere.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Some rats were trained to run on a treadmill for 60 minutes, five days a week.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Time to get off the go-go-go treadmill of a summer schedule.
    — Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2021
  • At some point, the wheels will come off the pesticide treadmill.
    — Shely Aronov, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Pauline said that soccer had always been a way to get off the treadmill of her life.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2022
  • That's a recipe leading straight to the mediocrity treadmill.
    — Rahat Huq, Chron, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The boy is seen running on a treadmill and falling off six times.
    — Laura Studley, CNN, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Here are the best treadmills for every type of athlete.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Three sets of five reps for three movements, or one straight half hour on a treadmill?
    — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 29 Dec. 2022
  • For the former, set reminders to move, count steps, take the stairs, watch TV on a bike or treadmill, stretch.
    — Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2021
  • For example, binge a TV show while using the treadmill at the gym.
    — Kelyn Soong, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Scroll on to see the best pre-Black Friday treadmill deals that are available to shop now.
    — Bianca Rodriguez, Good Housekeeping, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Putting all 30 people on a treadmill at the same time would have been ridiculous.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021
  • At his lab there was a split-belt treadmill that could measure the force of each footstep.
    — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2021
  • There’s also a workout area with a treadmill, weights and a large flat-screen TV.
    — Jabari Young, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Half of the group then pulled an all-nighter before taking a treadmill test, in which they were asked to keep step with the beat of a metronome.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Both men were still in their early 40s, happy to get off the tour treadmill to spend more time at home.
    — Oliver Wang, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • This could mean walking on a treadmill or through the neighborhood.
    — Matt Fuchs, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024

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