How to Use run over in a Sentence

run over

verb
  • 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
  • Emory fell over and was run over by the front and rear right tires.
    Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • And Mike would run over there, pump her gas and run back.
    Richard Schlesinger, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2024
  • They were outscored by 17 runs over three days and gave up 44 hits.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Langenkamp was run over by the truck and was pronounced dead at the scene.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Hull suffered the injury on a run over the right side, his third touch of the game.
    The Indianapolis Star, 10 Sep. 2023
  • In one case, a student was almost run over in the street.
    Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
  • Instead, he was caught in the machine’s track wheels and run over.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2024
  • The Huskies sealed the victory with a 6-0 run over the final two minutes in the fourth.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
  • The two killers got back into the car and ran over Mr. Kuzminov’s body on their way out.
    José Bautista, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
  • What happens when a grape gets run over crossing the street?
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 25 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • As the woman backed up, the child rode a bicycle behind the car and was run over.
    Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 10 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 bullpen took care of things from there, holding the Yankees to two runs over the final four innings.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • That impact caused the rider to fall and subsequently be run over by the rig, police said.
    Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Two juveniles on e-bikes were pretending to run over pedestrians.
    Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024

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