How to Use run over in a Sentence

run over

verb
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  • I could run over right now if that's good for you.
  • Well, Mike’s foot slipped off the brake and the car ran over Don’s foot.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The mother ran over the child’s back and grazed the side of his head, the chief said.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The driver put his foot on the gas and forced them to get out of the way or get run over.
    — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • They were outscored by 17 runs over three days and gave up 44 hits.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Hull suffered the injury on a run over the right side, his third touch of the game.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Polls opened for 12 hours on Sunday, with the vote running over three days.
    — Ayat Al-Tawy, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Kaiser runs over and removes the cord from her daughter’s neck.
    — Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 20 Dec. 2023
  • And the Houston bullpen didn't allow a run over the final 3 1/3 innings of the game.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Atlanta finished a 21-2 run over a six-minute stretch of the third and the fourth on Griffin’s fast-break dunk.
    — George Henry, ajc, 24 Dec. 2022
  • But the Giants stepped on the gas from there, going on a 22-3 run over the next eight minutes to put the game on ice.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2022
  • The boy was flung into the southbound lanes where he was run over by a driver who did not see him.
    — David Harris, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Your car may have just run over the last of an endangered species.
    — Ben Goldfarb, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The Israeli military has said that most of the people died in a stampede and that some were run over by the trucks.
    — Anushka Patil, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Soto then ran over Larson twice and fled the scene on foot, Hanley said.
    — Jeff Kolkey, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The victim runs over to help his friend but is fatally shot by one of the suspects.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 16 July 2023
  • Police said that Sims’ son, Royal, now 4 years old, was in the Racine house at the time and ran over to a neighbor for help.
    — Jill Lupupa, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Sauer ran over the Williamsburg Bridge, where Gershkovich used to bike.
    — Jennifer Calfas, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Rodgers heard the commands as well, then ran over beseeching Boykin to run into the end zone.
    — Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Starter Sam Knowlton allowed one run over the first three innings, then gave way to the bullpen.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 8 Apr. 2023
  • For the person who fell overboard, the boat could come back and run over them, causing injury or death.
    — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
  • Spector: People got run over by carriages all the time.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Just make sure to keep a distance as polar bears are known to be fierce predators and can run over 25 mph.
    — Hampton Bourne, Field & Stream, 19 Oct. 2023
  • And in 2022, a neighbor of his almost ran over one of Dunn’s son with his truck after calling them the N-word.
    — Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Culture wasn’t the reason a defense that finished in the top five in NFL got run over and run through by the Packers.
    — Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2024
  • In a series of video tests by The Dawn Project, the cars run over a child-sized dummy on a school crosswalk and a fake baby in a stroller.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Don't be surprised if either four-loss team from the Houston area makes a deep run over the next few weeks.
    — Josh Criswell, Chron, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Jackson knows going high could have led to him being run over too.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 21 Nov. 2022
  • If your kid runs over their e-reader with a dirt bike or throws it out the window, Amazon will send you a new one.
    — Gear Team, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Brown allegedly followed her, struck her with the forklift and ran over her.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 4 July 2023

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