How to Use DWI in a Sentence

DWI

abbreviation or noun

• 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
• His fingerprints were in the system due to a prior arrest for a DWI in 1999.
  — Caroline Guthrie, ABC News, 17 Nov. 2023
• 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
• Curran pled guilty to the DWI in January in exchange for having other charges dropped.
  — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
• 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
• 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
• Cephus pleaded no contest to DWI and was sentenced to 15 months’ probation.
  — Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Dec. 2023
• In addition to the DWI, Ross had a prior domestic violence charge.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2023
• 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
• Justin Timberlake is breaking his silence at his first concert since his DWI arrest.
  — EW.com, 22 June 2024
• 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
• 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
• Timberlake was arraigned later that morning on a single DWI charge.
  — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 24 June 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Schwertner has no previous DWI convictions, according to the affidavit.
  — James Barragán, Chron, 7 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 28 Aug 2024