How to Use DUI in a Sentence
DUI
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For all of the shock and awe, the answer seems about as clear-cut as Karen’s DUI conviction.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
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The two-count complaint doesn’t include any DUI charges, records show.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
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This is not the first time Bryan has had some trouble with the law or the first time he's been arrested for a DUI.
—Janelle Ash, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
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The driver was arrested and charged with DUI, and her bond was set at $500, jail records show.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025
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She was arrested earlier in the week on DUI and hit-and-run charges.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2023
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Lara had lost custody of her son because of a DUI charge, her father said.
—Bradley Davis, NBC News, 10 July 2023
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Twist in case of driver accused in DUI crash that killed bride on wedding night.
—Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
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Along with manslaughter, Payne pleaded guilty to charges of DUI and hit-and-run causing death.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2023
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Not long after, Redman was charged with his first DUI, and was charged with a second one later in his 20s.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 18 Apr. 2025
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Vazquez Gongora, who turned 18 less than a month before the crash, is also charged with carjacking, hit-and-run and DUI.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2023
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The 58-year-old driver of the pickup truck was arrested on suspicion of DUI.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
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Shannon Beador has been charged after she was arrested for DUI hit and run.
—Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
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He was charged with DUI and a traffic violation in the second case, pleading not guilty to both charges March 18.
—Max Levy, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2025
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That was the day Shannon was arrested for DUI and hit-and-run after driving her car into a house.
—Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 12 July 2024
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Local news reports said the DUI could affect Newell’s wish to obtain a liquor license for her business.
—Evan Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
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The next few years were filled with several arrests for drug possession, a DUI, reckless driving and more.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
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The two remained friends but stopped speaking in late September, not long after her she was arrested for a DUI.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
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Police said that the child's father was in the passenger seat of the car and was booked on charges of child abuse, endangerment and aggravated DUI.
—Aidan Wohl, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2023
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He was also charged with a DUI and marijuana possession in 2006 after a car crash that led to a broken rib.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Plus, random breath testing stations for DUI’s are common.
—Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
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The two were together for more than three years and remained friends but stopped speaking in late September, not long after she was arrested for a DUI.
—Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
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Kardashian was arrested for DUI in March 2007, and was sentenced to three years probation.
—Diane J. Cho, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
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Howard faces eight counts of DUI manslaughter, as authorities say his pickup truck striking the bus is what pushed it off the road and onto a grassy area on the outskirts of the city of Dunnellon.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 May 2024
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Stoms was released and will later appear in court in connection with a traffic summons related to the DUI charge, police said.
—Kate Linderman, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
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His previous run-ins with the law include a 2006 charge for a DUI and marijuana possession after being involved in a car crash.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2025
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One local outlet called him Ottawa’s fifth best DUI attorney.
—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 9 Sep. 2024
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He was arrested on the felony DUI charge, along with felony charges of hit-and-run causing a death and driving under the influence within 10 years of a previous felony conviction, jail records show.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2025
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Since then, Jacobs has been suspended twice more for actions related to alcohol, including a 2018 plea of no contest to a DUI.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 July 2024
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When officials arrested him this week, Stout was still on probation for a DUI, the district attorney’s office said.
—Brianna Sacks, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
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Additionally, police say a traffic stop was conducted near the home and resulted in the arrest of an underage teen for a DUI.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2025
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