How to Use hit back in a Sentence

hit back

phrasal verb

• But Simmons' staff hit back at the comments on social media.
  — Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2024
• But Simmons’ staff hit back at the comments on social media.
  — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2024
• That brought the game to 5-5 for less than 30 seconds, before American Jenna Flynn hit back.
  — Sean Nevin, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
• Meanwhile, Shankland's camp has hit back by pointing to Cooke's previous work as a political fundraiser, which belies her outsider credentials.
  — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2024
• The stock is 12% from the 52-week high hit back in March.
  — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 8 Aug. 2024
• Queen sends a pair of hits back to the Hard Rock Streaming Songs chart this week.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• In the third, the same thing happened when Gammill was caught off third on a ball hit back up the middle.
  — Chip Souza, arkansasonline.com, 23 Feb. 2024
• As McDonald and Giron hit back and forth and played out points, dozens of fans stopped by to watch them.
  — Jesus Jiménez Hiroko Masuike, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• But now Elon Musk is threatening to hit back with a lawsuit to stop the app.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 July 2023
• It is played with a paddle and a whiffle ball that is hit back and forth over a net on a hard surface.
  — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
• Trump hitting back on the issue at his Philly rally last night.
  — ABC News, 23 June 2024
• In the months since the case against Presley was first filed, her attorneys hit back with their own version of events.
  — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2024
• In this case, the two decided not to hit back at VanArendonk online.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2023
• Fouts recorded the next two outs by catching a pop-up and fielding a ball hit back toward her.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 2 June 2023
• The drug industry, in response to the announcement, hit back on the program.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2023
• When these storms hit back to back, the devastation can be enormous.
  — Craig E. Colten, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2024
• At times, the 27-year-old quarterback has hit back on social media.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2024
• But, the critics hit back, none of that lends itself to an atmosphere where people will want to sit back, relax and shoot the breeze.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 3 Nov. 2023
• Fans have hit back in the comments due to their suspicions about Central Cee’s cheating.
  — Charley Ross, Glamour, 17 July 2024
• After months of bad news, Apple is finally ready to hit back.
  — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2023
• Google has preemptively hit back at the prospect of the European Union breaking it up.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
• Publicly, the White House has resisted hitting back at Manchin.
  — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2023
• Never one to be outdone, Teresa hit back at Melissa's words.
  — Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 6 June 2023
• But others on stage took the more traditional GOP view, hitting back.
  — WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023
• Schiff hit back, prompting Porter to name drop a Sacramento Bee fact-check on claims about donations to her campaign.
  — Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
• Republicans hit back with a salacious mailer about Gibson, all of which suggests that the race is still very much alive.
  — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
• Nonetheless, his fans have continued to cut down Baker, prompting her to hit back tweet-by-tweet.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
• Weiss hit back at those claims Monday evening in a letter to Senator Lindsey Graham.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 11 July 2023
• The influencer, who sleeps in his North Carolina studio to cut down on driving time to the office, hit back in February 2023.
  — Beth Greenfield, Fortune, 1 July 2024
• The American Chemistry Council, which represents the plastics industry, hit back at the claims made in the study in its own statement.
  — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Sep 2024