How to Use DDT in a Sentence

DDT

noun
  • Fenix no-sold a tilt-a-whirl DDT and came back with a spinning kick.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Lashley and Swerve botched a DDT on the apron in a scary spot.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Lynch wiggled out and hit Bella with a reverse DDT.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • That allowed Blake to sneak up for the DDT to gain the advantage.
    — Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Williams went for the Book End, but Sami hit a DDT on the steel step.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • Ripley got the hot tag to Bliss, who took Michin down with a DDT and got a two-count.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • Orton was able to turn things around with his classic draping DDT, which sent the crowd into a frenzy.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • Penta flipped Page off the top rope and then hit a springboard DDT for his closest nearfall of the match.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • The lawsuit worked, and the local commission stopped spraying DDT.
    — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
  • Clues pointing to the radioactive waste emerged in the process of sorting through this DDT history.
    — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Farmers began to spray crops with DDT, one of the first modern insecticides.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
  • But legal protections and the banning of DDT allowed for a comeback.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Some had been pushed to the brink by habitat destruction or pollutants such as the pesticide DDT.
    — John Flesher, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Lynch hit a superkick, but Sol countered a DDT and followed up with a superkick.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • In the 1960s, the insecticide DDT caused their eggs to weaken, then crack.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
  • Knight returned to the ring and connected with an inverted DDT on Jimmy.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • And when that fish, in turn, succumbs to the claws of a bald eagle, its DDT dense meat becomes a poisonous lunch for an oblivious bird.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Carson had been thinking about the pesticide DDT since the 1940s.
    — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • For the same reason that a field of grasshoppers becomes resistant to the insecticide DDT.
    — Lisa Chase, Outside Online, 29 Nov. 2024
  • After the match, Asuka planted Ripley with a DDT on the announce table.
    — Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Data helped usher in legislation that banned the use of the insecticide, DDT.
    — Kim Bellware The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 28 Dec. 2025
  • The bald eagle, once nearly wiped out by the pesticide DDT, has rebounded thanks to concerted efforts.
    — Sarah Metz, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In 1972, the government banned the pesticide DDT, which had caused their numbers to dwindle.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
  • After a bit of in-ring action, Zaria went out to check on her friend, and Blake grabbed her for a Glamour Shot DDT.
    — Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Now on fire, Pagano hit a tornado DDT on Ivar followed by an Emerald Flowsion.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Paul got to the rope to break the hold, Cena dragged him into the ring and then leaped off the middle rope for a tornado DDT for another close two-count.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • After nearly slipping on the rope, Zayn hit Priest with a nice tornado DDT for another two count.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Peregrine falcons were one of many species impacted by the insecticide DDT which thinned the shells of their eggs and led to a decline in population.
    — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2023
  • SmackDown came back from commercial break just in time for a wild Sabin comeback that ended with a springboard tornado DDT.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Orton hit his patented draping DDT on Priest and went for it on Williams, but Zayn stopped him and hit a blue thunderbomb.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026

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