1.   When this diluted sound hits an object, say a fly, it bounces off the fly.

2.   Consumer Reports magazine has suggested that certain sport utility vehicle models can roll over even during tight turns without hitting other objects.

3.   His sailboat, which suffered a gaping hole when it hit a submerged object in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, was taking on water fast.

4.   In Color Collision, you must make sure a moving shape hits only objects of its own color as it moves around.

5.   When the mower hits an object, it stops, backs up and then turns right or left to continue mowing.

6.   While they are cynically talking about high-precision bombs, they have been hitting civilian objects.

7.   A lawyer for the shipyard has said the ship must have hit an object floating in the Baltic Sea.

8.   A lawyer for the shipyard repeated assertions that the ship must have hit an object floating in the Baltic Sea.

9.   Airline officials said the pilot, Capt. C. K. Foong, also reported hitting an object, but no one offered an explanation of what it might have been.

10.   Airline officials said the pilot also reported hitting an object on the runway, but no one offered an explanation of what it might have been.