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knock

noun as in pushing, striking

noun as in strong criticism

verb as in criticize harshly

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Example Sentences

Even though arthritis swells beneath both of my knock knees.

The “never voted” line is a knock at Carey, who has never held office.

They plan to spend a week of vacation wallowing in the glorious luxuries of a house they are not rich enough to own but are rich enough to aspire toward — but then, on their first night at the house, there’s a knock at the door.

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Perhaps the biggest knock on the play-in tournament is that it is somewhat difficult to explain.

Mallory Talbott, who manages a barbecue restaurant, said parents knew to call the house phone if no one answered a knock.

This courageous act earned him a late-night knock on the door with orders for Serna to vamos from Cuba.

In the back of my mind I was wondering how much time we had before there might be an ominous knock at the door.

I was writing Lorrie Moore knock-off short stories before I switched to nonfiction.

Still, we had the 13 dwarves to deal with, but at least in this movie we get to knock a couple off, which is a relief.

But hey, if you want to take on Cosby for telling you to stay in school, knock yourself out.

If the Turks get hold of a lot of fresh men and throw them upon us during the night,—perhaps they may knock us off into the sea.

There was no response to the knock, and Davy cautiously pushed open the door and went in.

Captain Lovelock got up as well; Bernard heard him knock over his little gilded chair.

“I think it is a knock at the door,” said Mr. Pickwick, as if there could be the smallest doubt of the fact!

But a knock at the door interrupted them; the discreet Capt entered, bearing a telegram upon a salver.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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