knock about

Example Sentences

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Delta, with 177 cancellations, American, with 160, and United, with 116, knocked about 5 percent of their flights from their schedules.

From Washington Post

Though in Craig’s brawny, bruiser continuation of the role, it can get pretty badly knocked about.

From Los Angeles Times

Flash flooding knocked about 20 homes off their foundations and washed several trailers away in Virginia’s mountainous western corner, where about 50 people were rescued and hundreds were evacuated.

From Seattle Times

But it’s a pairing that makes sense for me: First, I need something that sits entirely within my ear, without a stem that’s going to risk being knocked about by a bike helmet’s strap.

From The Verge

Educators are anxious to begin academic and emotional recovery for students knocked about by more than a year of online and hybrid learning.

From Washington Post