How to Use go over in a Sentence

go over

verb
  • The ball went over the fence, didn’t touch the ground, feels like a home run.
    Kevin Acee, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The film never goes over to the other side of the wall.
    Hazlitt, 6 Mar. 2024
  • He was seated on the right side of the back seat when the car went over the cliff.
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 15 Oct. 2023
  • So what’s the point of going over his past when he’s changed?
    Pablo Sandoval, Variety, 13 Dec. 2023
  • What underwear—and then what on earth goes over the top?
    Sarah Harris, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2023
  • After she was cast in the film Foster went over to Stoll’s house to spend time with her.
    Victoria Edel, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The Pelicans have seen 38 of their 82 games go over the point total.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The family was told that Jesse had shrugged off his backpack and went over the rail.
    John Branch Jim Wilson, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Those unable to adapt are likely to be let go over time.
    Stephen Miles, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The next day this fellow sobered up and went over to apologize.
    Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
  • If one of us fell, there were plenty of rocks to grab before going over the edge.
    Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 25 July 2024
  • Meanwhile, 14 continued down the river and six have gone over the Emsworth Dam, the city said.
    Paradise Afshar, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Oh, and if a speaker goes over time, they get cut off with the sound of banjo music.
    Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 31 July 2023
  • These two teams just played on Monday, and Poole went over this number with 26 points.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
  • This class will go over how to work with pie dough and some tips on how to use it for a few different desserts.
    Linda Gandee, cleveland, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Rogers lost control on the curve and struck two curbs, went over the inner-circle and then off the road, hitting a tree.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
  • But the band's decision to postpone those shows didn't go over well with some fans.
    Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 31 July 2023
  • Draw details with a washable marker, then go over the lines with black paint.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2023
  • As the sun sets, the drovers go over their final tasks for the day such as feeding and watering the livestock.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 June 2024
  • Then go over it with a clean, damp cloth and allow it to air-dry thoroughly.
    Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Young had waited by her house for hours and had the police go over, but Murray wouldn't budge.
    Maria Lencki, Fox News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • More than half of the fertilizer used in the U.S. and a quarter of all U.S. grains go over the rails, as does about 95% of the ethanol used in gasoline.
    David Harrison and Esther Fung, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Of course the question is how many voters in the actors branch are willing to check out a movie that goes over the top on the gross-out scale.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2024
  • When the town hall ended, Harris went over and clasped hands with Castillo, whose face was still streaked with tears.
    Will Weissert, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Still, in the fourth-largest Canadian city in the world by population, the True North quip went over well.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Needless to say this has not gone over well in the Ark community.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Task force members went over ways to start tackling a wide-ranging problem in the city.
    Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 27 June 2024
  • And the superheated vapor moves to an indoor unit and goes over through a set of coils.
    Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Apr. 2024
  • That felt nice to hear, after going over many of my test results from my time at Canyon Ranch.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Despite going over 10 points in two of his last three games, Kraft has only drawn four, four and three targets.
    Steve Bradshaw, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024

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