How to Use hit list in a Sentence

hit list

noun
  • In the fifth, Pujols' single moved him past Carew on the all-time hits list.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 13 July 2018
  • And that’s it: my personal hit list of the best bits of Pitti.
    Tom Stubbs, Vogue, 13 June 2023
  • The 42-team hit list includes nine of the 10 Appalachian League teams.
    BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2019
  • Helping to drive the story are a greatest-hits list worth of Prince songs.
    Daryl H. Miller, latimes.com, 26 Dec. 2017
  • Those who haven’t pulled the trigger on a gift for the outdoors junkie on their hit list had better get to it.
    Matt Williams, Dallas News, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Spots in Switzerland, Tanzania and Brazil are on our hit list for the next 12 months.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 7 Jan. 2023
  • This man was Ebrima’s mentor, and Ebrima, 38, heard that his name was on the hit list.
    Jason Motlagh, Outside Online, 19 July 2016
  • Does this episode have any connection to the hit list described by Michaels?
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2016
  • Raccoons are on the hit list for mountain lions, as well.
    Matt Williams, Dallas News, 16 Jan. 2021
  • Morantz figured that his own name must be high on Dederich’s hit list.
    Hillel Aron, Los Angeles Magazine, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Yadier Molina moved to fourth on the Cardinals all-time hit list with a pair of singles.
    Steve Overbey, Star Tribune, 1 Aug. 2021
  • For the second year in a row, financial services companies are at the top of the hit list.
    NBC News, 9 Apr. 2018
  • One such post said that anybody that followed the account, or had messaged it, was on their hit list.
    Tandra Smith | Tsmith@al.com, al, 3 Dec. 2021
  • But trade experts say the sheer size of the expansion of the hit list makes the inclusion of consumer goods inevitable.
    Lingling Wei, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2018
  • And then there was the hit list with her name on it, belonging to a man who shot and killed a former Wisconsin judge.
    Ruby Cramer, Washington Post, 9 July 2022
  • His name was added to a militant hit list posted on the streets of Ramadi.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 7 Oct. 2017
  • Unless, of course, Jon Daniels’ bunch is somewhere down Manfred’s hit list.
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2020
  • This film clearly marks a new chapter in the Avengers story (or at least the first part of the new chapter), and Iron Man was on a lot of fanboys’ hit lists.
    Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 27 Apr. 2018
  • But they were forced to flee last week after appearing on a Russian hit list.
    New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022
  • But those staffers were forced to flee last week after appearing on a Russian hit list.
    Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The same day, another hit list was found, again at Eastern Heights Middle School.
    Madeline Farber, Fox News, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Uhde's alleged hit list had more than a dozen names and was found inside his car outside Roemer's home.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 7 June 2022
  • With only one bird left on their hit list, the two flew to Nebraska in early May to chase down a Merriam’s.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 29 June 2023
  • Prosecutors said the student made a hit list and was planning an attack on Mariemont High School with a man from out of state.
    The Enquirer, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Soon, there were whispers of murders, abductions and hit lists.
    Stephanie Hanes, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2018
  • In response, Macy’s tried to raise prices of some items on the hit list — luggage, housewares, furniture.
    Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2019
  • And what comes out of the kitchen here, is a greatest-hits list of classic Cuban dishes done well enough to inspire a loyal following.
    Brittany Martin, Los Angeles Magazine, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The Arab slave trade, which ranks as No. 3 on Pinker’s hit list, was an atrocity that too more than a millennium to unfold.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2011
  • How about getting broken up with by a secret CIA agent whose enemies have put you on their hit list.
    refinery29.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • And in some of the darker corners of the web on some obscure fringe sites, there have been some threats and talks about the names as a hit list and basically threats potentially against these jurors.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023

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