How to Use hit back in a Sentence

hit back

verb
  • Then Thomas and Massey hit back-to-back homers in the third.
    — ABC News, 17 June 2026
  • Leo, who will mark his first year as pope Friday, has hit back.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 7 May 2026
  • Iran, meanwhile, is still hitting back.
    — Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Josh Bell and Royce Lewis hit back-to-back homers in the eighth.
    — CBS News, 20 June 2026
  • In less than a minute of court time, Rosario hit back-to-back 3-pointers.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Car rental companies are hitting back The anger goes both ways.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Shortly after the news, the tennis great hit back at the building buzz.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
  • Spencer Pratt keeps hitting back against his loudest critics.
    — Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
  • Beijing hit back with its own duties as well as restrictions on rare earth exports.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 June 2026
  • And Meloni continues to hit back.
    — Seung Min Kim, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
  • Netflix hit back hard at this accusation.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2026
  • But Minogue’s campaign is hitting back on the criticism.
    — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 2 May 2026
  • Marte and Carroll hit back-to-back homers off of Grant Anderson in the ninth.
    — ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • But the Phillies can make that claim, with Harper and Schwarber hitting back-to-back.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • The two have been part of hitting back to back home runs — once as part of three in a row along with Montgomery — three times this season.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • Isaac Lomelli and Ivan Tellez hit back-to-back singles to lead off the fifth for the Barons.
    — Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Burton hit back-to-back threes to cut Memphis’ deficit to one at halftime, 55-54.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
  • But during the third time through the order, the Orioles finally figured him out and hit back-to-back home runs.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
  • Shea Langeliers and Nick Kurtz hit back-to-back solo home runs in the fifth for the A's.
    — ABC News, 13 June 2026
  • The Mustangs hit back-to-back singles with one out in the sixth, but once again Blaine got the next two batters to get out of the jam.
    — Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Related Stories Film and TV critics were quick to hit back in the replies.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 21 June 2026
  • Iran’s generals and warmongering politicians had long boasted of their power to hit back.
    — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 18 June 2026
  • Israel hit back with strikes on the Islamic Republic.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 9 June 2026
  • Once Lorenzen was out of the game, the Mets hit back-to-back singles off right-hander Jaden Lee in the eighth.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Joe Mack, Hernandez and Otto Lopez hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning.
    — Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
  • Rushing and Ward hit back-to-back home runs to right field in the sixth, but the Dodgers couldn’t capitalize on the momentum.
    — Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
  • Iran hit back, firing two rounds of missiles at central Israel causing destruction and injuries.
    — Npr Staff, NPR, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Critics hit back, asking whether white filmmakers are met with similar skepticism.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026
  • But hold on … Unlike Schwarber and Harper, those two did not do that while hitting back-to-back in the same lineup.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • Just seconds after Dembele put them two goals up, Norway hit back immediately from their kick-off.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 26 June 2026

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