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
  • 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

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