How to Use drive-by in a Sentence

drive-by

1 of 2 adjective

• Jauan just had a drive-by and caught it.
  — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
• New video shows the drive-by and the house pelted by bullets.
  — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
• There doesn’t need to be a drive-by-drive timeshare at the position.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
• Hours after the beat-down at the hotel, Shakur was shot in a drive-by.
  — Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
• The drive-by shooting took place near a playground on Tuesday.
  — Bailee Hill, Fox News, 25 May 2023
• The two were outside washing their car when they were injured in a drive-by shooting.
  — Ella McCarthy, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2024
• Mosley's 17-year-old son, Caleb, was killed two years ago in a drive-by shooting.
  — Bracey Harris, NBC News, 18 June 2023
• The deputy chief described the incident as a drive-by shooting.
  — Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
• The drive-by only lasted a few seconds before the suspects sped away.
  — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
• Torres died a year later in a drive-by shooting, court documents say.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• Tupac is gunned down in a drive-by shooting from a white Cadillac in an act of revenge.
  — CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
• Hours later, Shakur and Knight were struck by gunfire in a drive-by shooting.
  — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
• He was shot as a teen in a drive-by shooting and played at IU with a bullet lodged in his spine.
  — Matthew Glenesk, The Indianapolis Star, 5 June 2023
• Documents note the drive-by shooting was but one of many between the two gangs since Tre’s death.
  — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2023
• Three other men were injured in the drive-by quintuple shooting.
  — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 23 June 2026
• Lee’s brother was killed in a drive-by shooting in the early 1990s.
  — Kathleen Quinn, Sacbee.com, 1 Dec. 2025
• This minimizes the drive-by replies from trolls who are simply looking to create chaos or start a flame war with you.
  — John Brandon, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
• Two minors were injured in a drive-by shooting in west Tempe on Thursday evening.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024
• Families who had lost children to drive-by shootings sat in the same room and argued about how to tell their stories.
  — Terry McDonell, Time, 21 Apr. 2026
• Seven years back, when the youngest son of Ojeda’s four children was just 1 year old, he was shot in a drive-by.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026
• Last week, a drive-by shooting in Jacksonville wounded one making his way down the street on a scooter.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2023
• Combs allegedly told Jones to lie to the police and instead say that the man was hit in a drive-by shooting.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
• Asking these drive-by commentators to read the article is like asking my pet fish to read a book.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
• Years after their teenage sons were killed in separate drive-by shootings, both women are still waiting for answers.
  — Chelsea Jones, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026
• In the early hours of March 9, Biggie left the party and was killed in a drive-by shooting.
  — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
• Some seven months after the album’s release, 2Pac was killed in a drive-by shooting.
  — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
• Those drive-by evacuations included two streets and a cul-de-sac in Kuhua Camp.
  — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024
• Stewart identified the suspect during a drive-by with police.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
• An official has identified the victim of a drive-by shooting in Boise over the weekend.
  — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 1 Sep. 2026
• Five other people, between the ages of 17 and 21, were injured in the drive-by shooting.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023

drive-by

2 of 2 noun

• One, Jahlil Ward, was shot and killed in a drive-by shortly after his release.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2023
• But Willy Nast was never able to put the story of that drive-by shooting far from his mind.
  — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
• The drive-by shooting happened in mid-February.
  — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026
• Another sister—his favorite sibling, who always came to visit him—had been killed in a drive-by shooting.
  — Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
• Investigators say three apartments were damaged by the gunfire, which is believed to be from a drive-by shooting.
  — Dan Raby, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
• But Plenty drive-by shootings described in his father's indictment.
  — Logan Smith, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
• Jackson was arrested in connection with first-degree murder and drive-by shooting.
  — Hannah Dreyfus, AZCentral.com, 4 July 2025
• Arrest documents have revealed new details in a drive-by shooting at a far North Side hookah lounge last week that killed two men.
  — Annasofia Scheve, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2026
• Police suspect a teenage boy was killed in Fort Worth early Thursday during a drive-by shooting.
  — Timia Cobb, Dallas Morning News, 2 Apr. 2026
• Another suspect police were searching for was killed in another drive-by incident.
  — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
• Four drive-by shootings Sunday night in Chicago within two and a half hours left one man dead and four people injured, police said.
  — Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
• The violence increased in March when his synagogue was also targeted in a drive-by shooting.
  — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
• In a drive-by comment, Rogers suggested donating to Crockett was pointless.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
• Sunday’s rampage was a response to an earlier drive-by shooting that killed two brothers from an Israeli settlement.
  — Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2023
• The track grapples with his struggle to process a drive-by shooting that nearly took his life and offered a glimpse at his artistry to come, characterized by his raw, unflinching lyrics.
  — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
• What charges were filed Jackson was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and drive-by shooting, court documents said.
  — Hannah Dreyfus, AZCentral.com, 4 July 2025
• Pac died in September 1996 after being shot in Las Vegas in a drive-by.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2026
• Ali was charged in Dakota County with two counts of drive-by shooting charges and one count of second-degree assault for the Burnsville shooting.
  — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
• Four days after being shot in a Chicago drive-by shooting in West Woodlawn, a teen is speaking out from his hospital bed.
  — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
• Chloe and Halle invited my mother, one of my brothers and cousins, including one of my nieces who lost her mother in a drive-by shooting but has been raised by one of my sisters.
  — Issac Bailey, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023
• The song deals with the musician's struggle to process a drive-by shooting that nearly took his life and set the stage for a career defined by vulnerable and unflinching lyrics.
  — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
• The clamp is strong enough to grab the tip of a ski for ground-up action shots, a sled for POV runs, a roof rack for road-trip footage, or even a tree branch for drive-by ski shots.
  — Graham Averill, Outside, 24 Feb. 2026
• Investigators tied them to the drive-by using security footage from the area, according to the affidavits.
  — Annasofia Scheve, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2026
• Another teen, Prince Washington, was killed in a drive-by shooting at his Fort Worth home on April 2.
  — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2026
• Investigators say the 7-year-old boy was hit multiple times during the drive-by shooting at the Atlanta apartment complex.
  — Dan Raby, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
• Homicide detectives are investigating the incident as a drive-by shooting, police said.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2026
• Police are investigating a drive-by shooting that killed a 15-year-old boy in south Fort Worth early Thursday.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2026
• Armed with surveillance photos of the man driving the moped during Wednesday’s drive-by shooting, cops continued the manhunt Friday.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
• Three people, including an 8-year-old girl, were injured Wednesday afternoon in a drive-by shooting on the city’s South Side, police said.
  — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
• Two vehicles seen on a surveillance camera in April 2024 before a fatal drive-by shooting in Lakewood.
  — Logan Smith, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026