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Hit is an English word of 3 letters with synonyms like strike or touch. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

Common word

Hit in a sentence

Related words

Hit | Hits | Hitting | Hitler | Hitter | Hitters | Hitchcock | Hitmaker | Hitch

Hit meaning

  1. To strike.
  2. To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.

Synonyms of Hit

strike touch win gain attain reach murder striking touching hitting exploit effort feat deed smash

Related words

Other words often associated with Hit or its synonyms:

get contact achievement accomplishment impinging move make accomplish acquire affect achieve advance

Hit vertaling naar Nederlands

raken treffen slaan hit schlager tref

Using Hit

  • The main meaning on this page is: To strike. | To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile. | To strike.
  • Useful related words include: strike, touch, win, gain.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: raken, treffen, slaan.
  • In the example corpus, hit often appears in combinations such as: hit the, to hit, hit and.

Context around Hit

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 12 start, 7 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

okada 2× pinch 2× gets 2× carter 1× bickmore 1× frances 1× jarvis 1× cunningham 1× power 1× runners 1×

Often after:

run 2× rbi 1× paced 1× comedy 1× years 1× orton 1× edge 1× cena 1× rush 1× elias 1×

Sentence patterns with Hit

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

hit after hit 2× hit after hit after hit 2× of a hit on the 2× a critical hit 3 5x 1× a cult hit with fans 1× a dirty hit 1× a graeber hit by pitch 1× advance runners hit with runners 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a fight will 1× a sweet series 1× after hitting one 1× after o hearn 1× after pillar hit 1× cano lined a 1×

Common sentence endings:

hit after hit 2× 15 at bats 1× 3 5x damage 1× a dirty hit 1× could even bunt 1× first at bat 1×

Words around Hit

Just before it in the word index:

hisyam 4 hisuian 10 hisui 3 histrionics 21 histrionic 19 histrio 2

Just after it in the word index:

hita 5 hitachi 56 hitam 2 hitan 2 hitay 2 hitbox 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

led 28.255 win 28.225 important 28.220 main 28.205 data 28.164 something 28.027

Corpus analysis for Hit

  • In this selection, "hit" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, okada, pinch, gets, run, rbi and paced stand out and add context to how "hit" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include hit after hit, hit after hit after hit, cap hit and biggest hit. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hit" sits close to words such as led, win and important, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hit

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

I made hit after hit after hit. (7 words)

He’s gotten hit after hit and he’s hit the ball hard. (13 words)

Okada hit a shotgun dropkick; Sabre hit a penalty kick; Okada hit a dropkick. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Following a Graeber hit-by-pitch to make the score 17-2, Delaware scored its final run of the night on another bases loaded hit-by-pitch, this time with redshirt senior catcher Josearmando Diaz, who pinch hit for Leach, taking first base. (43 words)

It says there's a 74% chance that yet another will hit the U.S. coastline somewhere, with a 49% chance of a hit on the East Coast and Florida peninsula and a 48% chance of a hit on the Gulf Coast. (42 words)

Only someone as cool as George Clinton could make main headlining Nelsonville Music Festival seem like another day at the office, with an extended hang-out session of double digit musicians laying down a cavalcade of hit after hit after hit. (41 words)

Example sentences (20)

For Medomak, Carter (hit, run), Bickmore (hit, run), Frances (hit, RBI), Ryan Jarvis (hit) and Zim Cunningham (hit) paced the offense.

And quite often, you hit those you don’t intend to hit, and fail to hit those you want to hit.

We had players back then that could hit, hit for power, hit for average, advance runners, hit with runners in scoring position and, yes, they could even bunt.

I made hit after hit after hit.

Okada hit a shotgun dropkick; Sabre hit a penalty kick; Okada hit a dropkick.

The hit comedy became a hit years ago when it went live, and these days, the chaotic series is a cult hit with fans of all ages.

Following a Graeber hit-by-pitch to make the score 17-2, Delaware scored its final run of the night on another bases loaded hit-by-pitch, this time with redshirt senior catcher Josearmando Diaz, who pinch hit for Leach, taking first base.

It says there's a 74% chance that yet another will hit the U.S. coastline somewhere, with a 49% chance of a hit on the East Coast and Florida peninsula and a 48% chance of a hit on the Gulf Coast.

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Cano lined a hit to right in the fourth inning, his third hit of the game and ninth hit in his last 15 at-bats.

A sweet series of reversals sees Edge hit Orton with the Spear, Cena hit Edge with the RKO, and Michaels hit Cena with the Sweet Chin Music.

Elias hit Rush with a guitar, Lashley hit Elias with a guitar and now we watch them try and climb a ladder to get a guitar with which to hit the other guy.

He’s gotten hit after hit and he’s hit the ball hard.

Only someone as cool as George Clinton could make main headlining Nelsonville Music Festival seem like another day at the office, with an extended hang-out session of double digit musicians laying down a cavalcade of hit after hit after hit.

A fight will also break out if one of the team's skilled players gets hit hard or someone gets hit by what the team perceives as a dirty hit.

They both unequivocally advised Eden to "hit Nasser hard, hit him soon, and hit him by yourself" – a stance shared by the vast majority of the British people in subsequent weeks.

After hitting one enemy on their return trip every subsequent enemy hit will suffer a critical hit (3.5x damage).

After O’Hearn hit a solo homer out the No. 9 hole, Hyde pinch-hit for him in just the fourth inning, slotting in Mountcastle, who doubled in his first at-bat.

After Pillar hit a weak pop up to shortstop and Rosario hit a weak fly ball to left, utility infielder Vaughn Grissom was the Braves last hope of continuing their historic season.

As much of Southern Ontario is hit with a powerful snowstorm, a mix of heavy snow turning into rain is expected to hit Atlantic Canada as the weather system moves further east.

Back in the ring Valhalla distracts Drew, allowing Erik to hit a slam then he sets Drew up for Ivar to hit the second rope Worlds Strongest Slam only for Sheamus to dive in and break up the pin.

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Common combinations with hit

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hit" in a sentence?
An example: "For Medomak, Carter (hit, run), Bickmore (hit, run), Frances (hit, RBI), Ryan Jarvis (hit) and Zim Cunningham (hit) paced the offense." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "hit" from authentic English texts.
What does "hit" mean?
Hit means: To strike.
What are synonyms of "hit"?
Common synonyms of "hit" include: strike, touch, win, gain, attain, reach, murder, striking. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "hit" in Dutch?
"hit" translates to Dutch as: raken, treffen, slaan, hit, schlager.
How many example sentences with "hit" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "hit", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.