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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• According to the report, Worthy jumped from the pickup and was run over by the rear tires on the truck.
  — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 1 June 2022
• 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 How Ridiculous team appeared to put out all the candles first and ran over to the final candle, blowing it out and ultimately winning the competition.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
• Detectives are investigating the death of a man who was believed to be run over by a pickup in north Phoenix early Saturday.
  — Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024