running on empty

Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?

There he gave orders for the car to be put into running condition for the following morning, and returned to the hotel.

The cantonment was split into two sections by an irregular ravine, or nullah, running east and west.

Father Gaspara was about to ask another question, when Ramona appeared in the doorway, flushed with running.

After the Reserve Banks have been in operation long enough to be running smoothly, not a few branches will doubtless be organized.

The fire along the three miles front is like the rumble of an express train running over fog signals.