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Example sentences for "hit the"

  • Before the race came off I was sure that the moment I hit the water I'd go down, and drown, but as soon as I hit the water I thought no more about it.

  • The best jumpers contrive their run so as to hit the center of the block squarely with the ball of the jumping foot, the toe even projecting over the block.

  • In the right-hand court I use the American service, which means that I never know till the last moment which side of the racquet is going to hit the ball.

  • Six," he said, as he hit the top of the cliff once more, and shot back on to the beach.

  • Yes, yes," said Simms rather peevishly, "but you should have willed me not to hit the piano.

  • If ye hit the tree ye desarve the rifle--leastwise ye ought to get the pup.

  • Endroit Frapper au bon endroit = To touch the right spring; To hit the right nail on the head; To hit the mark; To touch the spot.

  • In each pair one is made to hit the other by flicking it.

  • A12; a12] hit the kingpin in a game of bowling.

  • Nakadyakpat didtug barátu kaáyung radiyu, I hit the jackpot by getting a very cheap radio.

  • That's one of the first things I was taught in rifle shooting, to fire my gun at a mark until I understood just how the sights ought to look to hit the mark at different distances.

  • The beaver, swimming along toward the medicine, will hit this stick and it will stop him, and then when he makes a strong effort with his foot to get over it he will sink his foot so deep under water as to hit the pan of the trap.

  • I've reconstructed every cell in my body since I hit the beach at Dyea.

  • Lord, man," he mumbled between chews, "I never knew what appetite was till I hit the trail.

  • Double quick, fellows, when we hit the road.

  • I was in our dugout with Bob when it hit the trench.

  • I hope we get a night's rest stretched out before we hit the trenches," was Bob's wistful reply.

  • Then the "air activity" hit the Squadron on the ground.

  • And if he went that way, it shows he didn't intend to hit it back toward Goldpan, but to keep on goin' over the ridge cut-off till he hit the railroad.

  • It looks as if I've got to hit the trail.

  • Well, when you have smoked your pipe we'll hit the trail.

  • When we hit the clearing we saw you were out with the pit-light and Douglas reckoned we'd get Okanagan first; the rest of you were tourists and wouldn't bother us.

  • Should the ball fail to hit a White player, it is most likely to go entirely across to the Blue court, where one of the Blue team should catch it, and in turn try to hit the Whites.

  • The other player takes this quickly and tries to "scat" or hit the opponent's palm with the ruler before he can withdraw his hand.

  • The other players scatter immediately that one has secured it, the ball man at once throwing at some other player, naturally trying to hit the nearest.

  • The object of the game is for the outer or circle team to hit the players of the inner team with a basket ball, any player so hit being "out" and having to leave the game.

  • The players, in turn, throw the ball from the throwing line in an effort to hit the stool.

  • Quick as we can slap saddles on broncs an' hit the trail.

  • Got to hit the trail," he murmured in anticlimax.

  • We hit the corral, and though some of the men did warn me, I was foolish enough to try and stick on that wild colt.

  • Let's give 'em a breather before we hit the hill," he suggested to the foreman.

  • They couldn't find it in the morgue; they couldn't find any leeway as to whatever happened to the shell when it hit the President's shoulder; where did it go.

  • Its point of origin, where it hit the President.

  • Nothing in between then until we hit the outskirts of the city.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hit the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    been pleased; between the; carbon copy; constituent parts; could venture; creamy white; for half; general confession; general order; give satisfaction; great military; hit the; little horn; make laws; morning paper; private member; recognition marks; slew them; strong effort; while you; white clay; will repay