broken-field

• “I ran through the trees like a broken-field quarterback, crashing over the undergrowth, weaving through the tree trunks directly at them.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Glass Rainbow

• “The young man is Duddy Kravitz, a Sammy Glick by any other name, but a broken-field runner rather than one with his eye on the long distance crown.”

  Fictionaut: Waiting for "Barney" (Mordecai Richler's version)

• “But the slow-moving crowd of idlers in the crooked street forced them to weave in and out like broken-field runners in a football stadium.”

  Fictionaut: Golden State

• “Not in the least winded, Anderson segued into John Coltrane's "Central Part West," a cooled-down proposition not without a segment so challenging that Anderson's fleet tooting brought to mind an amazing display of broken-field running.”

  David Finkle: Every Street's a Jazz Boulevard in Old New York

• “During that stretch, he completed nine of nine passes for 72 yards, and his broken-field running kept USC guessing.”

  USATODAY.com - On the biggest stage, Vince Young delivers for Texas

• “Helms, ever courtly, thanked me -- and off I didn't walk but ran, darting around people, through the concourse, down escalators and stairs, like a broken-field runner in a pick-up football game.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Dream Ticket Memories

• “But the Cardinals couldn't take control until Boldin turned a short catch on third-and-20 into a 54-yard, broken-field TD rumble, avoiding five tackles and eventually diving into the end zone with 10: 45 to play.”

  USATODAY.com - Scores

• “Caralyn tore after her, weaving like a broken-field runner.”

  Simon & Schuster: Deception Plan

• “And I was practicing catching that pass, not broken-field running.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Hardy Boys

• “When it sees my legs shuffling for a grip on the rock, it resorts to broken-field running.”

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