How to Use DWI in a Sentence
DWI
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He was handcuffed and spent the night in jail before he was arraigned on one count of DWI.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
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His fingerprints were in the system due to a prior arrest for a DWI in 1999.
—Caroline Guthrie, ABC News, 17 Nov. 2023
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Perry pleaded guilty to DWI and leaving the scene and was sentenced to one year’s probation.
—Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Dec. 2023
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Curran pled guilty to the DWI in January in exchange for having other charges dropped.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
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If convicted on his most recent DWI charge, Mahomes could face up to 10 years behind bars.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 12 July 2024
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Resolving those issues are critical if such a test has to be adopted for something like a DWI.
—Andrew Ward, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023
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Cephus pleaded no contest to DWI and was sentenced to 15 months’ probation.
—Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Dec. 2023
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In addition to the DWI, Ross had a prior domestic violence charge.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2023
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The singer was arraigned on a single misdemeanor charge of DWI hours later and released on his own recognizance.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2024
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Justin Timberlake is breaking his silence at his first concert since his DWI arrest.
—EW.com, 22 June 2024
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Conditioning will be a concern, as will a recent DWI arrest, but Sweat is nimble on his feet for someone pushing 370 pounds.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2024
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Conditioning will be a concern, as will a recent DWI arrest, but Sweat is nimble on his feet for someone pushing 370 pounds.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2024
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Timberlake was arraigned later that morning on a single DWI charge.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 24 June 2024
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Justin Timberlake thanked fans in the way most suited for him at his first concert since spending the night in jail after being arrested for DWI earlier this week.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 22 June 2024
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He was arraigned on a single misdemeanor charge of DWI hours later and released on his own recognizance.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2024
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If anything, competitive eating became just another way to fold in on myself like a piece of dough, to reframe the consumptive appetites that led to fights, a DWI, and stints of flunking out of college.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 12 July 2024
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Convictions include felony drug possession, contempt of court, DWI, obstructing legal process, shoplifting and fleeing a police officer.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024
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Schwertner has no previous DWI convictions, according to the affidavit.
—James Barragán, Chron, 7 Feb. 2023
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