1 example sentence using runoff.

Runoff used in a sentence

Runoff in a sentence as a noun

I like beef, but I sympathize for a fellow mammal and think of the enormous amounts of diverted water and fertilizer runoff that goes in to producing feed.

Runoff definitions

noun

the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity

See also: overflow overspill

noun

a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner