How to Use hit list in a Sentence

hit list

noun
  • So how does Loomer choose her quarry, and who’s next on her hit list?
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The 41-year-old will aim to add Hokit to his hit list.
    — Brett Appley, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • Helping to drive the story are a greatest-hits list worth of Prince songs.
    — Daryl H. Miller, latimes.com, 26 Dec. 2017
  • Does this episode have any connection to the hit list described by Michaels?
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2016
  • Those who haven’t pulled the trigger on a gift for the outdoors junkie on their hit list had better get to it.
    — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 9 Dec. 2022
  • In the fifth, Pujols' single moved him past Carew on the all-time hits list.
    — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 13 July 2018
  • One such post said that anybody that followed the account, or had messaged it, was on their hit list.
    — Tandra Smith | [email protected], al, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Soon, there were whispers of murders, abductions and hit lists.
    — Stephanie Hanes, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2018
  • But they were forced to flee last week after appearing on a Russian hit list.
    — New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022
  • An Israeli security source said all of those are on its hit list.
    — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
  • But those staffers were forced to flee last week after appearing on a Russian hit list.
    — Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2022
  • For the second year in a row, financial services companies are at the top of the hit list.
    — NBC News, 9 Apr. 2018
  • His name was added to a militant hit list posted on the streets of Ramadi.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN, 7 Oct. 2017
  • Trump would not reveal if the younger Khamenei would also eventually land on his hit list.
    — Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 9 Mar. 2026
  • When talking about wardrobe essentials, denim is always high on the Vogue hit list.
    — Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Yadier Molina moved to fourth on the Cardinals all-time hit list with a pair of singles.
    — Steve Overbey, Star Tribune, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Though hit lists and other plots would occasionally surface, the threat seemed over.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Unless, of course, Jon Daniels’ bunch is somewhere down Manfred’s hit list.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2020
  • And then there was the hit list with her name on it, belonging to a man who shot and killed a former Wisconsin judge.
    — Ruby Cramer, Washington Post, 9 July 2022
  • But trade experts say the sheer size of the expansion of the hit list makes the inclusion of consumer goods inevitable.
    — Lingling Wei, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Shohei Ohtani continues to be atop the Toronto hit list for not being on a plane here more than two years ago.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
  • This man was Ebrima’s mentor, and Ebrima, 38, heard that his name was on the hit list.
    — Jason Motlagh, Outside Online, 19 July 2016
  • Both Tesla and GameStop made the hit list, with both having four hits on Wolfe’s short screens.
    — Sean Conlon, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Naturally, Rand, the Dark One’s nemesis, is tops on their hit list.
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In response, Macy’s tried to raise prices of some items on the hit list — luggage, housewares, furniture.
    — Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2019
  • Spots in Switzerland, Tanzania and Brazil are on our hit list for the next 12 months.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The 42-team hit list includes nine of the 10 Appalachian League teams.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2019
  • Along with the guns, ammunition and hit list, the brothers' owned a 3D printer that was seized by police.
    — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The same day, another hit list was found, again at Eastern Heights Middle School.
    — Madeline Farber, Fox News, 27 Apr. 2018
  • This hit list, by the way, compiled through internet searches, is regrettably incomplete.
    — Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025

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