How to Use DUI in a Sentence

DUI

abbreviation or noun

• She was arrested earlier in the week on DUI and hit-and-run charges.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2023
• Lara had lost custody of her son because of a DUI charge, her father said.
  — Bradley Davis, NBC News, 10 July 2023
• Along with manslaughter, Payne pleaded guilty to charges of DUI and hit-and-run causing death.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2023
• Vazquez Gongora, who turned 18 less than a month before the crash, is also charged with carjacking, hit-and-run and DUI.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2023
• The 58-year-old driver of the pickup truck was arrested on suspicion of DUI.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
• Shannon Beador has been charged after she was arrested for DUI hit and run.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
• That was the day Shannon was arrested for DUI and hit-and-run after driving her car into a house.
  — Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 12 July 2024
• Local news reports said the DUI could affect Newell’s wish to obtain a liquor license for her business.
  — Evan Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
• The next few years were filled with several arrests for drug possession, a DUI, reckless driving and more.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
• The two remained friends but stopped speaking in late September, not long after her she was arrested for a DUI.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
• Police said that the child's father was in the passenger seat of the car and was booked on charges of child abuse, endangerment and aggravated DUI.
  — Aidan Wohl, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2023
• The two were together for more than three years and remained friends but stopped speaking in late September, not long after she was arrested for a DUI.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
• Howard faces eight counts of DUI manslaughter, as authorities say his pickup truck striking the bus is what pushed it off the road and onto a grassy area on the outskirts of the city of Dunnellon.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 May 2024
• Stoms was released and will later appear in court in connection with a traffic summons related to the DUI charge, police said.
  — Kate Linderman, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
• Since then, Jacobs has been suspended twice more for actions related to alcohol, including a 2018 plea of no contest to a DUI.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 July 2024
• When officials arrested him this week, Stout was still on probation for a DUI, the district attorney’s office said.
  — Brianna Sacks, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
• Box’s problems apparently came to a head in Jacksonville where he was charged with DUI, careless driving and possession of an open container of alcohol.
  — Chris Joyner The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (tns), al, 22 Aug. 2023
• Kyles was booked on numerous felony charges, including manslaughter, endangerment, theft of means of transportation and DUI.
  — Dylan Wickman, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
• She was charged with human smuggling and DUI, with potential additional charges stemming from Oletsky's injuries.
  — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2023
• Petty theft, embezzlement and fraud, and vandalism all increased, whereas assault, drug offenses and DUI’s fell.
  — Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
• And despite two earlier DUI infractions, Emmer put forth bills to lessen penalties for drunk driving, which became fodder for opponents in later political campaigns.
  — Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic, 24 Oct. 2023
• Solano has previously been arrested for domestic violence charges, burglary and DUI, according to court documents.
  — Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
• Doherty was apprehended several minutes later and booked into Vista jail for attempted murder of a police officer, felony resisting, assault with a firearm on a police officer, and an outstanding arrest warrant for DUI.
  — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2023
• Authorities added that Gordon’s criminal history dates back to as early as 1994, including convictions for armed violence and robbery, aggravated battery with a firearm and aggravated DUI.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 24 July 2024
• Responding officers found Haddish, conducted a DUI investigation, and arrested her.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024