run deep

Frequency: 7.580.2 per million words

Used for feelings or beliefs that exist in a strong, hidden, or continuous way.

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Examples (10)

  • In our family, loyalty runs deep.
  • The resentment between the two communities runs deep.
  • The divisions in the country ran deep long before the war started.
  • Cultural traditions in this region run so deep that they are hard to change.
  • Her feelings of betrayal still run deep, even after all these years.
  • Do these political differences really run that deep?
  • The belief in supernatural forces runs deep in this ancient culture.
  • Because the animosity runs deep, a simple apology will not be enough.
  • It will take generations to heal the wounds because the pain runs so deep.
  • This suspicion runs very deep among some government members.