Examples of errand in a Sentence
He was sent out on an urgent errand.
We were there on an errand of mercy to help provide medical care for the refugees.
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This could extend to single-serve snacks in the car while out running errands.
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Dr. Sarah Kinsella, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
When someone is off island or unwell, others have to fill in, whether that means covering shifts, running errands or slaughtering a cow.
—NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
In search of a versatile clog that doubles as a spring slip-on shoe for errands?
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
In Big Mistakes, Levy and Taylor Ortega play siblings who shoplift a necklace from a jewelry store to give to their grandmother on her deathbed, only to be blackmailed by the mobsters that run the place into a series of increasingly stupid and dangerous errands.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
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Dr. Sarah Kinsella, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
When someone is off island or unwell, others have to fill in, whether that means covering shifts, running errands or slaughtering a cow.
—NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
In search of a versatile clog that doubles as a spring slip-on shoe for errands?
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
In Big Mistakes, Levy and Taylor Ortega play siblings who shoplift a necklace from a jewelry store to give to their grandmother on her deathbed, only to be blackmailed by the mobsters that run the place into a series of increasingly stupid and dangerous errands.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Errand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/errand. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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errand
noun
er·rand
ˈer-ənd 
: a short trip taken to do or get something especially for someone else
also
: the object or purpose of such a trip
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