How To Use Hitting In A Sentence

At the beginning of the protest, Aristide partisans attacked demonstrators, hitting one with a rock and shooting another.
The twist-up pencil point lets you dot concealer exactly on the spot without hitting the surrounding skin.
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The final episode of this hard-hitting series delves into little-known horrors behind history. The Sun
To go from that fall, hitting her head, and then to do the headbanger is pretty amazing. The Sun

During his evidence Akhtar denied hitting anyone or wielding any weapons himself.
LSU blitzed from a couple different places, forcing Jason to throw it early, but he did a great job concentrating and hitting the receiver he wanted to. USATODAY.com
Increased exposure and professionalism have dovetailed to produce bona fide stars—people young players can identify with—not least among them England's hard-hitting batter Claire Taylor. Women's Cricket Scores With Investment, Interest
The nice thwack of the club hitting the ball is one of the few, if only, notable effects.
Look at a stone cutter hitting at the rock. Nothing happens at first, but after many strikes, the rocks eventually cracks. In life, don't doubt. Keep at it and it will happen. RVM
The lady watched fretfully as the men came closer to hitting Mack with their bullets and ran much faster than before as their rage intensified.
Because he's been chronically underweight since before hitting puberty, his body is used to having to survive on unnaturally low weights, but there's a limit to how much it can take.
For example, the right shift key is the same size as the standard letter keys, and lots of typists will go crazy hitting the next-door up arrow instead.
But the organist made his profession clear by explaining that the committee had just invited him to oblige the company with a solo on the piano, but that he had been hitting the champagne so hard that he doubted if he could tell the keys from the pedals, and he added that if they'd excuse him he would go to sleep, which he immediately did with his head on the shoulder of the lady recitationist, who tactfully tried not to notice that he was there. Cinderella And Other Stories
He possibly could have cautioned him for holding and hitting as well, or he could have simply ordered them to break.
Silencing a stadium is an amazing feeling, but not like hitting a home run in Yankee Stadium. USATODAY.com - Yankees agree: Homers at home special
I barely restrained myself from hitting him.
It was a case of an irresistible force hitting an immovable object. Times, Sunday Times
The pain keeps hitting me in waves, ranging from barely tolerable to excruciating.
Directed by Aroona Irani who also acts in it, its hour long-episodes have of late been hitting enough of an emotional pitch to delight those who love a well-made tear-jerker.
Now, we don't know exactly what happened with the driver of this vehicle as to why he kind of careened off -- he or she careened off the road hitting this gas line. CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2007
Chitting describes the process whereby seeds are placed between layers of damp kitchen towel and allowed to sprout prior to planting.
Hitting metal crap with swords in-game should make a 'clanky' noise. Us Being Human
This wafer functions as an artificial retina; light hitting the wafer causes it to generate electrical stimuli that are applied to the optic nerve and restore some degree of vision.
He had been driving on a remote road and was said to have swerved to avoid hitting a sheep. Times, Sunday Times
i told my wife the other night, i'm hoping that obama can slip in a few "dishonors" and "dishonorables" under the radar on tuesday night. mccain will catch it and it will set him off. i honestly think that's the one button that you can push with mccain that he can't resist blowing up over -- hitting his honor (or lack thereof). Obama Campaign Launches Pre-emptive Ad Strike Against McCain's Planned Character Assault
Oh Richard Whittington you have made me laugh, never in my life have I been called a ninny! The Guardian World News
She was a tall, heavyset girl, known for her continuous power hitting.
At least there was now some quality in the hitting, even if subtlety remained notably absent.
hits is hitting, felt that the head fierce ache, the skin pruritus hard to endure and so on untoward effect ..." Dr. Yang has opened some analgetic pill to her.
The grinding sound you hear is of a train hitting the buffers.
We heard the snipers were winning packets of cigarettes for hitting the correct number of targets. Times, Sunday Times
We all want to minimize the impact on the innocent, but losing to evil in order to avoid hitting a population is worse.
And while hitting the top 10 has created a blizzard of credibility-tinged hype around the group, they just can't live up to their radical image.
The most obvious sign was a blitz called by defensive coordinator Fred Whittingham with just over two minutes left in the game.
After hitting a low of $28.55 two days after the half year results announcement, it trended steadily upward to reach a high of $30.98 last Tuesday.
Here it is demonstrated for hitting an overhead shot (the most-played shot in badminton, unlike tennis or squash which are primarily underarm swings).
Just to be on the team with the greatest player in the world as your captain is the greatest honor in the world," Chris DiMarco said shortly after hitting his Cup-clinching putt. USATODAY.com - Players thank Nicklaus with Presidents Cup win
SAMSON - Many around Samson knew Bruce Maloy as their town's comedian, a goodhearted, wiry little jokester who was always boasting about hitting it big someday. News | GT | http://www.gadsdentimes.com
The storms are being driven by a clash of hot, humid air hitting much colder air aloft. Times, Sunday Times
He was attacked by youths from the group who pulled him to the ground before punching him, kicking him and hitting him with a ‘For Sale’ sign.
The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly. Theodore Roosevelt
He lost control of his temper, which scared me into hitting the kerb. Times, Sunday Times
Tyros get kick-started by taking shoeless jaunts around their house, back yard and neighborhood before hitting the trail.
My favourite episode consisted of Bill Odie dressed in breeches and a flat cap wielding a black pudding ... well just hitting people with the black pudding in a demonstration of the ancient martial art of 'ecky thumph'. If You Only Knew the Power of the Dumb Side....
The runaway car careered into a bench, hitting an elderly couple.
For whatever sophistication guess hitting may require, it's also a touchy subject.
Somebody yelled and threw a can at the cab, hitting it on the rear bumper.
For the those of you who don't know about the moulting, shitting, barking, licking, drooling beast that's staying at my house for two weeks, you can learn more about her here .
Not only will the ball generally finish only a few yards in front of you, hitting the ground behind the ball also jars your body.
Boston took two of three in Texas earlier this season, outhitting the Rangers, 27-12, in the final two games.
There was one very dark night in the month o 'January, when I was little mair than seventeen, my faither and me were gaun to Morpeth, and we were wishing to get forward wi' the beasts as far as Whittingham; but just as we were about half a mile doun the loanin 'frae Glanton, it cam' awa ane o 'the dreadfu'est storms that e'er mortal was out in. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII
It was reasoned that this would eliminate lengthy carrier qualification trials as well as providing the Marines with a hard-hitting fighter-bomber that would be well suited to their operational doctrine.
Over at the sheep pens, Whittington farmer James Airey celebrated as his two-year-old Suffolk gimmer shearling took the title of supreme sheep champion.
He suffered headaches and double vision after hitting his head in the accident.
No more resonance than a quarter hitting the bottom of a Salvation Army Christmas kettle.
Nobody can hear you hitting the refresh button. Times, Sunday Times
Popular family hatchbacks are also hitting higher prices. The Sun
Whatever hitting skills these transient players once had are now atrophied from disuse.
Lead experienced the biggest swing, hitting a ten-year high of ￡800 a tonne in March.
Hitting driver opens the door for birdie... but get it wrong and the lake on the right or stream to the left are waiting. The Sun
She, Elaina and Lauren had stayed out all night, hitting all the parties on the campus.
The TV presenter found himself on the wrong side of the law after hitting a cyclist while driving.
Black rubber streaks show the car skidded sideways down the runway before hitting the grass and rolling. Times, Sunday Times
“How are you guys planning on winning when only 20-25% of the population identify themselves as republicans?” they plan on having slimy sarah creampie palin hitting the campaign trail for the repugnantscum candidates. Think Progress » Cornyn Flip Flops On Whether He’s ‘Interested In Repealing’ Popular Parts Of Health Reform
Lawton is hitting just .246, and was moved to left field after making six errors and having the worst fielding percentage (.969) of any right fielder in the American League this season. USATODAY.com - Cox deserves the credit in Atlanta
Lehmann steered a ball from Strong to third man and called for a second run but he had not anticipated Brown hitting the stumps with a fast throw from the boundary edge.
He was constantly hitting Adrian's side with the flat of his blade.
He then grabbed his chest and fell off the ring apron, hitting his head on the wooden floor.
There are a variety of combos to pull off but they must be done by switching through your weapons while rapidly hitting the punch or kick button.
Keep up the fight against jet lag by hitting the surf and getting salt in your hair. Times, Sunday Times
However, he can become cross or frustrated on occasion and he will sometimes resort to hitting himself or talking to himself.
A single fork of white lightning slashed the sky, hitting the willow in front of her.
Take Me on the Floor, "is, uh, extremely horny, in switch-hitting ways that put, though I have to admit it's not entirely clear how the world classifies said act; their Wiki page claims" electropop, "which could mean any number of things. Play | The Rhapsody Editorial Music Blog
But oil crossed into new territory in Singapore trade this afternoon, with TAPIS crude hitting $67.44 US a barrel.
A, the parthan kicks a twizzle off sides, and thus has to camber; B, the bup scores a rouge after hitting off an opposing behind; or C, 14 planets are tallied, but only the key wins the grander. Air Force Academy Superintendent Plays Not My Job
It can also involve destruction of furniture, hitting people, hurting themselves, and screaming for half an hour or more.
It's just like a rat in a maze who finds the little lever that delivers the food pellets and can't help but hitting that lever again and again, even if it means leaving most of the maze unexplored.
But it shocked the sport in December when it announced it was pulling out due to the worldwide economic crisis hitting sales. The Sun
Before he began hitting sixes he adjusted the bails of the stumps and analysed the pitch.
To summarize the most effective method of gaining attention -- _hit each sense to which you appeal as strongly as you can, without making a disagreeable impression, strike as many senses as possible, and keep on using your sense-hitting device as long as necessary to get or to recover exclusive favorable attention_. Certain Success
Vix hit the retros, frantically pulled up so that the Eternal's nose was almost hitting the ceiling, and activated the belly thrusters at full power just before they hit the wall.
I remember watching television images of the tsunami hitting Japan and wiping out everything in its path; I remember thinking, "It's all futile, all our worries and strivings -- and nature just wipes it out in seconds. Wes Isley: Natural Disasters: God's Anger, The End Times Or Just Reality?
But "I was hitting the the wombat" is not only active voice, but an image of strength and muscularity. Hunting Down the False Passive
He duffed the golf ball because the club stroke the ground behind the ball before hitting it.
However, his deeply felt and meticulously researched rhetoric conveyed in all his books is hard hitting, provocative and sagacious.
He reached a 102-ball ton at the declaration, hitting 14 boundaries.
Taking missile attacking large size moving target as example, the operational effectiveness model of the satellite was built with probability of hitting target as measure of effectiveness.
The announcement comes as somewhat of a surprise after The Office creator and UK series star delivered a hard-hitting monologue last year that included zingers aimed at Hugh Hefner, Charlie Sheen, the cast of Sex and the City 2 and Scientologists. Who Will He Offend This Year? Ricky Gervais to Host Golden Globes Again
Jetlag is hitting and the ‘shanti welcome’ chai that you have been given in an unfired terracotta cup tastes as though it might have been strained through the undies of the old fella who helped carry in your bags.
One, hitting analysis is not comparable to the analysis needed in a contact sport.
Widen your stance for greater stability when hitting the ball.
City are handily placed and back in the top four again after hitting Spurs for six on Sunday. The Sun
Rumors of them meant to be homosexuals should not be taken seriously, besides Bert is always hitting on women. Happy Birthday Sesame Street | myFiveBest
He's a good fit for the offense, predicated on pounding the ball in the running game and hitting big strikes off play-action.
What do you expect of that ne'er-do-well relative who's always hitting you up for a loan because he's come up with a sure thing?
While others biked in the early morning cold downtown, I could smugly sip my coffee and watch raindrops hitting the window. Heidi Dietrich: Biking to the Gates Foundation
The men saw no problem in hitting the food tables and creatively devouring their pizza in a kind of pseudo-seal eating motion.
Because for me, frankly, I don't care how deep in tantrum territory you and your little brain are, hitting is never acceptable. Monday Meanderings
Just try to concentrate on hitting the ball.
Fearnley-Whittingstall’s occasional efforts to explain butchery, like boning a leg of lamb (encouraging his readers not to bother with a professional but to do the 'hatchet job yourself — it’s quite easy to improvise'), reveal a tolerance for chaos ( 'It’s a bit tricky to explain') that may be without precedent among people who make An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs.
The difference is those that do like a tipple are hitting the bottle harder. Times, Sunday Times
Nobody is trying to remove heavy hitting from the game, but it seems as if we are finally ready to move the line of acceptable risk. NHL changes view on head shots: Someone will 'get hurt real bad'
As his arms grew broader, his hitting grew longer. Times, Sunday Times
I'm so scared of showing up that day and hitting myself in the forehead - We forgot to order the challah!
He ended up hurting himself more with hitting the metal endoskeleton underneath.
A neighbour said: 'It appears they saw the car and its trailer move and tried to stop it hitting the house. The Sun
Now he's come looking for Peggy in the office, and she finds him in Roger's office, with his pants off, "leaving Draper a little present" aka shitting on his chair. Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Happy Birthday, Peggy!
TWO of the greatest ever exponents of hitting a ball on the green baize will soon be helping to raise funds for St Vincent's Hospital, Mountmellick.
If one is, shall we say, taking one's leave, the last thing that anyone outside the stall wants is to be able to hear the unmuffled sound of the occupier's ‘leave’ hitting the pan.
They were caught after turning into a dead end and hitting a gazebo in a garden.
Brettingen, who hit .478 with 44 RBI and a .739 slugging percentage in 2002, is picking up right where he left off, hitting .438 in the young season.
This problem is even more pronounced in epic fantasy were the barbarian hero can't swing a two-handed broadsword without hitting an ancient prophecy, a royal heir in hiding, orcs, elves or an epic quest to complete. SF Fanatic: I Am Not A Fan Of Fantasy, Here's Why
Dhoni struck two fours and one six but was caught by Fernando after mishitting a full toss from Zaheer Khan. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
If you dart a giraffe and he falls over, the sort of force that would come from being 6 or 7 metres high and your head hitting the ground would crack the skull open.
Personally, i like Papi in the Clean up role ... youk hitting third .... no one to pitch around and get some nice at bats for Pedroia and Youk. Sports News : CBSSports.com
Thinking my ball was lost after hitting a tee shot into a water hazard, l played a provisional ball.
A teacher faces losing her career after being found guilty of hitting a misbehaving pupil over the head with a book. Times, Sunday Times
Ronaldinho wastes a chance to flight a free-kick into the penalty area, hitting the first Japanese defender instead.
He may try to blast his way out of trouble, playing attacking shots to balls he would not normally contemplate hitting.
Should we do heavy hitting for a McCain winger whose going to pull a McCain on us as son as he hits the Senate? Ah, former Governor Palin? - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
Hume There is no shit, just me shitting.
Hitting the alarm clock he saw it was ten o'clock in the morning.
Whittington brightens the dark moments in Skowronek's model — for example, omitting the category of "disjunctive" presidencies, failed attempts at affiliation — as he refines it to explain the development of judicial supremacy. Claremont.org
She later explained that she didn't want to risk someone hitting her pretty little - and expensive - car.
The sound of someone hitting the water brought her attention back.
The reason for not using knotted tapered leaders when fishing with very small flies is you will often get fish hitting the knots in mistake for a tiny insect.
But maybe she was hitting the applejack a bit too hard that night.
In 1938 the first European cyclotron at Collège de France in Paris accelerated a deuteron beam up to 4 MeV and by hitting a target, an intense source of neutrons was produced. Accelerators and Nobel Laureates
Mexican news outlets quote police officials are saying the driver of a tractor trailer overcorrected after going off road and then swerved into oncoming traffic , hitting the bus.
Korver missed a free throw with 21.2 seconds left and Howard grabbed the rebound and was again fouled, hitting 1-of-2 free throws. NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - Creighton vs. Wichita State
The pitch was high, but Dante swung, hitting a dribbler back to the pitcher, who threw home to the catcher, who threw to first base, double play, game over. Parents Behaving Badly
As the year draws to a close, a plethora of sports books is hitting the bookshops.
The incident ended with the police car hitting the motorcycle, whose 15-year-old rider was taken to hospital with a fractured collarbone. Times, Sunday Times
South West Trains tried to remove guards from its trains or downgrade their role, hitting safety.
Fuel costs are passed on through all kinds of consumable goods and services, hitting the pockets of even those who religiously shun fossil-fuel consumption and choose to travel by bicycle or foot.
As a result of these gifts he was ever hitting something with either the arrows of speech or the slungshot, which produced a public impression of ceaseless activity and of material accomplishment. The Autobiography of Methuselah
A play is tested in rep before ever hitting a West End stage.
We have been hitting the crossbar all season. The Sun
The suspect car sideswiped two oncoming vehicles before hitting a third vehicle and coming to a stop.
The price to be paid for the democratisation of taste is a cool ‘aloofness’, but the prize is said to be an independence of judgment that ‘guarantees hard-hitting, candid and uninfluenced commentary’.
Shampoo companies also realize that the sheer volume of bubbles a shampoo generates can prompt thoughts of freshness and cleanliness—bubbles signal that the shampoo is strong and invigorating just as the "sting" of an after-shave or the bubbles hitting our throat when we down sparkling water "inform" us that the product is fresh and uncontaminated. Selling Illusions of Cleanliness
Was it the parthan kicks a twizzle off sides and thus has to camber; the bup scores a rouge after hitting off an opposing behind; or 14 planets are tallied but only the key wins the grander? Air Force Academy Superintendent Plays Not My Job
This revolution, of course, is about power, about hitting the ball harder than women have ever hit it before, and turning forehands and backhands into serious weaponry.
Frey came over from the American League, watched me in spring training for a week or 10 days where I was staying on top of the baseball, hitting it into the ground, occasionally hitting a gapper and then sprinting to first. USATODAY.com - Boggs, Sandberg celebrated as newest Hall of Famers
I could have done handsprings and cartwheels down the aisles without hitting anybody.
Don't have him running before he can walk, and don't have Darren hitting the back of the net from the half-way line before he can lob the keeper from 25 yards or hit the roof of a stand with a penalty.
Either it was deposited by comets hitting the moon, or produced by solar winds hitting the lunar surface. Times, Sunday Times
Even the pros incorporate hitting the cue ball on its centre line into their practice routines.
Nice drug plans with donut holes as big as an astroid hitting the earth. Poll: Obama drops on health care
Whether you're going to work or hitting hole-in-ones with your buddies, polo piqué T-shirts are where it's at.
But they are cousins who keep hitting the jackpot. Times, Sunday Times
Petty Officer Waddell, without hesitation, leaped from the aircraft and, with intense enemy fire hitting all around him, raced back and forth carrying the wounded and dead to the aircraft. Heroes or Villains?
There is enough out there that is what they call edgy and quite hard-hitting and modern and fashionable. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
You are hitting into a massive upslope so the ball doesn't go far. Times, Sunday Times
He's shitting you. Don't notice him.
Manuel, a former major league batting coach, would talk hitting with the minor leaguers.
Historically pension fund surpluses have been a wonderful honeypot with which to finance rationalisation and early retirement without hitting earnings per share.
A United Nations forecast of the possible movement of the radioactive plume coming from crippled Japanese reactors shows it churning across the Pacific, and touching the Aleutian Islands on Thursday before hitting Southern California late Friday. Radiation Plume Could Reach Southern California By Friday
It's not too difficult to imagine an errant chainsaw blade hitting precisely the right spot with precisely the right angle with which to sever.
When a plant is small, it also receives more reflected heat from sunshine hitting the ground. Times, Sunday Times
But, according to noncognitivism, coming to accept that hitting Sam is wrong is just a change of non-cognitive attitude, and it can seem wrong to think that a change in such attitudes can rationalize a change in belief. Boys in White Suits
This can cause any number of errors, such as pulling the ball to the left or hitting it thin.
Widen your stance for greater stability when hitting the ball.
Persecuting Nonconformists could have a knock-on effect in a community, hitting those who were loyal to the established Church.
The colonels are hitting the enemy with forty to fifty air strikes a day.
Her ears picked up the sound of a soft rustle, and then beneath it, the quiet steady thudding of cushioned weight hitting the ground.
The bus was knocked onto its side after hitting a guard rail and a steel stanchion. Bus firm was cited for fatigued driving
With Mary Pierce, Martina Hingis and Lindsay Davenport ranked in the top half-dozen, women's doubles is hitting a golden era.
The lavish hotel jaunts come after years of budget cuts hitting MoD manpower and equipment. The Sun
Professor Geoffrey Whittington of Cambridge University acts as academic adviser.
The combination of the flood of people hitting the pit, and the absence of a barrier, resulted in an insane dance floor, replete with gratuitous crowd surfing and lost brain cells aplenty.
Spending money is as easy as shitting, while earning money is as hard as eating shit.
He found it and light flooded the operating room, hitting the autoclave against the wall. DOLL'S EYES
They would not fire until the launch had tied up at the jetty because they would have a far better chance of hitting a stationary target. TANK OF SERPENTS
First came the second goal of the game, when he plucked his garryowen from the air and it was he who was left with the simple task of hitting the net from six yards.
Hitting rewind on the tape recorder verifies that those were, in fact, his words.
First, the tax would be regressive, hitting the poorest hardest. Times, Sunday Times
On some flights we are hitting that [figure], on some we're not.
All over town, he says, kids would be hitting golf balls, sometimes with makeshift clubs.
The usual effects can be heard such as the cue hitting the ball and such.
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It was not a straight line course either; the unmanned vehicles had to use their computer brains and sensing devices to follow a programmed route and avoid hitting obstacles.
As you begin to get drowsy, the spoon will drop to the floor, hitting the plate, waking you up.
Highlights for me: arrows: most arrows from a 60#+ compound bow would penetrate a deer's vitals at 60 yards ... the question is hitting them and risking tortuous maiming if you guessed wrong ... the TV show probably didn't show the deer they hit in the guts and never found. I watched a guy on tv last night harvest a deer with his bow and he shot the deer at 60 yards.now if he harvest a deer at 60 yar
It was a case of an irresistible force hitting an immovable object. Times, Sunday Times
There must be bad karma zinging around the world like a pinball hitting bumpers.
By hitting production and refining capacity it has pushed up an already high oil price, lifted petrol prices and led to shortages.
So let's call it burnout, the slow burn of being smart enough to realize there's more to life than his heretofore-singular existence of hitting balls and dreaming of Nicklaus 'majors. USATODAY.com - Burnout can bring brighter outlook
They fell down, hitting each other indiscriminately, knocked over the pail, and rolled about in the pigwash. Selected Polish Tales
In 1934 he made his Warwickshire debut, and quickly caught the eye as a hard-hitting middle-order batsman.
With gasoline hitting new highs, motorists have been doing plenty of grousing at the pumps.
There were no explosives or incendiaries within the rods; the sheer kinetic force of the rod falling and hitting the target had the explosive effect of an atom bomb.
The wind was blowing through her fancy curtained window and a light breeze hit her long brown hair as it dangled off the bed hitting the pale purple and mauve comforter.
Snippen reports that the FAA wants to keep where and how often commercial aircraft are damaged by hitting birds as they claim the public would "misinterpret" the information. AIR TRAVEL AND ITS IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
I don't believe in hitting children.:Do you believe in capital punishment?
That low beam is a menace! I keep hitting my head on it.
Most shows and most comics that are hard-hitting are criticizing everything.
Piggie involved hitting a wooden wedge with a type of hockey stick.
There is more chance of a freak storm or asteroid hitting the south coast of England.

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