How to Use hit-and-run in a Sentence

hit-and-run

1 of 3 adjective
  • Police were not able to find any witnesses who saw the hit-and-run, Ciampa said.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Again, things start off bad—with a hit-and-run accident—and spiral downward.
    — WIRED, 21 June 2023
  • Less than a month later, he was sentenced to 90 days of house arrest for his guilty plea in the hit-and-run case.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
  • The school lost Matthew Jensen, an English teacher, to a hit-and-run two years ago.
    — John Surico, New York Times, 6 June 2023
  • She was struck and killed by the coworker in a hit-and-run later that night, authorities said.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
  • His death was initially ruled a hit-and-run, but now authorities believe his death was a homicide.
    — Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2023
  • She was arrested earlier in the week on DUI and hit-and-run charges.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The actor is also facing a misdemeanor charge of a hit-and-run and property damage.
    — USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Police said Stallings-Brown was behind two stabbings and three hit-and-run incidents.
    — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The preliminary finding was that the person found dead in a ditch was a pedestrian killed in a hit-and-run, police said.
    — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Also unusual for a hit-and-run, Stephen's clothing was intact and his shoes, which were loosely tied, were still on.
    — Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The mom of a 20-year-old college student who was killed in a hit-and-run at her college campus is fighting for justice.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
  • The 52-year-old had earlier entered guilty pleas to first-degree manslaughter and hit-and-run as part of a plea deal.
    — oregonlive, 13 June 2023
  • Police are searching for the driver of a fatal hit-and-run in Uptown that killed a 69-year-old woman.
    — Vivian La, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2023
  • Read Next National Beloved teacher killed in hit-and-run, Illinois cops say.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Along with manslaughter, Payne pleaded guilty to charges of DUI and hit-and-run causing death.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The hit-and-run death of an Ohio restaurant matriarch in 1985 remains unsolved.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Authorities have released the name of a pedestrian who was killed in a hit-and-run in Bessemer earlier this week.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 14 July 2023
  • Cummings died on the scene of a hit-and-run crash in a suburb of Richmond, Virginia, early last Monday.
    — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2023
  • The child is the second person to be killed in a hit-and-run crash in Boston this year, according to city records and Globe reporting.
    — Talia Lissauer, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
  • Also in January, a 77-year-old man died after being struck in a hit-and-run on Spenard Road.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2023
  • Jaylin Todd, 16, was identified by police as the victim of a hit-and-run crash that involved a van that fled the scene on Saturday.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Vazquez Gongora, who turned 18 less than a month before the crash, is also charged with carjacking, hit-and-run and DUI.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2023
  • Court records show the hit-and-run and reckless homicide charges, which were filed Sunday, are related to the death of 55-year-old Janice Howard.
    — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The decision came over a month after an incident in which a hit-and-run victim became pinned under a Cruise vehicle and then was dragged 20 feet to the side of the road.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Except for the case of one woman who was killed in a hit-and-run accident, nine of the 10 homeowners are still in their Carter homes, Gibson and Johnson said.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023

hit-and-run

2 of 3 noun
  • The changes were planned before the hit-and-run occurred.
    — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026
  • That year, one was killed in a hit-and-run involving a truck.
    — Johane Saintil, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Maybe the Giants will even bring back the ol’ hit-and-run play.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • No arrests have been made in the hit-and-run accident.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Coleman is charged with felony hit-and-run in connection to the crash.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Three of the fatalities have been hit-and-runs.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Hunter was booked into jail for DUI and hit-and-run.
    — Brandon Downs, CBS News, 27 May 2026
  • Surveillance video captured the hit-and-run crash.
    — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • Really, the worst parts of tech are all hit-and-run AI.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Makwana was involved in a hit-and-run crash in Windansea.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Details of the earlier hit-and-run crash were not released.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The hit-and-run driver remained at large Friday.
    — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026
  • Dan Levy is looking back at the time he was involved in a hit-and-run as a young driver.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Here's what to know about their lives after being involved in a hit-and-run that killed two children.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
  • Troopers have not identified her or any suspects involved in the hit-and-run crash.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Cameras tracked her to Marshall Street and captured the hit-and-run.
    — Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Brown was charged with felony death by vehicle, hit-and-run, and possession of cocaine.
    — Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The outlet says Ford was killed in a hit-and-run on the day the Palisades fire began.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Surveillance video from homes, businesses and cars captured the hit-and-run.
    — Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Sam, Winckowski's grandson, and the one who got the club started, died in a hit-and-run.
    — Zulekha Nathoo, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The officer believed it was involved in a hit-and-run and chase several weeks ago.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 10 June 2026
  • That person was later determined to be a deadly hit-and-run crash victim.
    — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Darlene Adam is facing one felony count of hit-and-run involving injury.
    — Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 10 Feb. 2026
  • At the time of the hit-and-run, the purple-haired teenager was walking home from the bus stop in an area of the viaduct with no sidewalk.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
  • A week later, a cyclist was killed in a hit-and-run in northeast Kansas City.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
  • It's been six months since a 22-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run in the Pilsen neighborhood.
    — Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • At least 20 of them were hit-and-run incidents, with one involving a cyclist.
    — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Supacell Season 2 began shooting just over a week before the hit-and-run and had not yet wrapped.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The actor also faced a misdemeanor charge for a hit-and-run and property damage.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Two days earlier, a predawn hit-and-run killed a pedestrian in his hometown of Oceanside.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026

hit-and-run

3 of 3 verb
  • This was not a hit-and-run hack.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The Phillies put on a hit-and-run.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Ten of the 14 cases have been fatal, and nine of them were hit-and-runs.
    — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Though first believed to be a hit-and-run, she was found with severe bruising and a large hematoma.
    — Christina Coulter, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Eleven of the 15 cases have been fatal, and 10 were hit-and-runs.
    — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Baoshu spent time in prison for a car accident prosecuted as a hit-and-run.
    — Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The driver of the other car was found trying to flee a nearby hit-and-run crash, police said.
    — Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The Tracey family is not the only one that lost a loved one in that fatal hit-and-run.
    — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Gebretsadik died last Friday, three days after the hit-and-run.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026
  • No arrests in the fatal hit-and-run had been made as of Tuesday afternoon.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026
  • Lauren was later determined to have no connection to the hit-and-run.
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Anyone with information about the hit-and-run is asked to contact police.
    — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Gloria Palacio is asking the hit-and-run driver to come forward.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Jan. 2026
  • That year in April a 13-year-old bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run collision.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
  • She was alerted to a hit-and-run crash off campus and spotted a man matching the description of the driver.
    — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Sep. 2025
  • He was killed, along with Hella’s mother, sister and nephew, in a hit-and-run in 1942.
    — Tom Nolan, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Last week, Das was critically injured in a hit-and-run crash while riding his bike in the city’s midtown area.
    — Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The date and location line up with the details of the hit-and-run alleged by the prosecutor’s office.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Police said the hit-and-run vehicle will have front right damage and a missing passenger side mirror.
    — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Sep. 2025
  • No arrests have been made in the hit-and-run, but investigators are looking at the driver of a car found wrecked just east of the bridge.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
  • In 2015, the actor filed for bankruptcy and was charged following a hit-and-run.
    — Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The woman was taken into custody on suspicion of hit-and-run causing injury.
    — Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • While deaths have declined, police data shows that car crashes and hit-and-run crashes have remained consistent across both years.
    — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The cases include two alleged hit-and-runs and criminal damage to property.
    — Rachel Wolf , Garrett Tenney, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The driver fled the scene and was later arrested on hit-and-run and driving under the influence charges, police said.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Police have identified the man killed in a hit-and-run crash in Fort Lauderdale on Monday night.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Police have arrested a man in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash in Waterbury last month.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Flores was charged with felony hit-and-run, vehicular homicide and second-degree murder.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Lacy had been charged with negligent homicide, felony hit-and-run with death, and reckless operation of a vehicle.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Records also show the suspect's father contacted law enforcement at one point following the hit-and-run.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025

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