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 bridge runs over both of those, and CSX railroad tracks.
  — Karri Peifer, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
• 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
• Doggett fell to the ground and was run over by the front passenger tire of the SUV.
  — Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 24 Jan. 2025
• They were outscored by 17 runs over three days and gave up 44 hits.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
• Scott and Stover will be a test run over the next two seasons.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2021
• Shares have had a rough run over the past year, falling more than 10% in the past 12 months.
  — Sean Conlon, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
• Deer got run over all the time on that road, and sometimes the plows just scooped them up with the snow.
  — The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
• 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
• Rich Hill set the stage for the sweep by holding the Guardians to one run over six innings.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2022
• But Kyle Wright allowed one run over 4⅔ innings to keep the Braves in the game.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2021
• 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 team looked legless as the visitors to Old Trafford ran over the top of the hosts.
  — Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
• The lights can draw them inland, where they could be run over or trapped in storm drains.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2021
• She had been stabbed, and her body had been run over by a train, Blodgett said.
  — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022
• 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
• Part of the December 1 TikTok video shows the son running over to the cat.
  — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
• So Eugene and Stephanie run over and kill the zombies, putting their own lives at risk.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2021
• Kaiser runs over and removes the cord from her daughter’s neck.
  — Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 20 Dec. 2023
• The big-game dealer held the Brewers to one run over five innings.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2021
• One of the three who was killed was run over by an emergency vehicle responding to the crash.
  — Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 8 Mar 2025