Thesaurus / knock
FEEDBACKHow to use knock in a sentence
Even though arthritis swells beneath both of my knock knees.
HOW A PLUS-SIZE HIKER FOUND HER FOOTING ON THE TRAILSYADRONAUGUST 22, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEThe “never voted” line is a knock at Carey, who has never held office.
THE TRAILER: WHO SPONSORED THIS MESSAGE? WHY YOU'RE SEEING SO MANY ADS SO FAR FROM THE MIDTERMS.DAVID WEIGELJULY 29, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThey 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.
LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND’S BOUGIE APOCALYPSECONSTANCE GRADYJUNE 11, 2021VOXPerhaps the biggest knock on the play-in tournament is that it is somewhat difficult to explain.
LEBRON JAMES WANTS THE NBA’S PLAY-IN GUY FIRED. THE NBA’S PLAY-IN GUY DISAGREES.BEN GOLLIVERMAY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTMallory Talbott, who manages a barbecue restaurant, said parents knew to call the house phone if no one answered a knock.
THE CHILD CARE INDUSTRY WAS COLLAPSING. MRS. JACKIE BET EVERYTHING ON AN IMPOSSIBLE DREAM TO SAVE IT.BY LIZZIE PRESSERMAY 1, 2021PROPUBLICAIt was midnight 14 years ago Friday when Tim Kaine answered a knock on the door in his Tokyo hotel room.
SENS. KAINE AND WARNER WANT TO MAKE VIRGINIA’S GUN RESTRICTIONS GO NATIONALMEAGAN FLYNNAPRIL 15, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe most worrisome cases are still the ones where a knock on the door yields no answer, or when the address belongs to an abandoned home.
UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS OF STUDENTS HAVE DISAPPEARED DURING THE PANDEMIC. SCHOOLS ARE WORKING HARDER THAN EVER TO FIND THEM.MORIAH BALINGITFEBRUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIf 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.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONThere was no response to the knock, and Davy cautiously pushed open the door and went in.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLCaptain Lovelock got up as well; Bernard heard him knock over his little gilded chair.
CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMESWORDS RELATED TO KNOCK
- abuse
- admonish
- animadvert
- asperse
- attack
- backbite
- berate
- blame
- carp at
- castigate
- cavil
- chastise
- chide
- contemn
- cut up
- denigrate
- denounce
- deprecate
- disapprove
- discipline
- disparage
- exprobate
- find fault with
- get after
- impugn
- incriminate
- judge
- knock
- lecture
- look askance
- ostracize
- pick apart
- pull apart
- read out
- rebuff
- rebuke
- remonstrate
- reprehend
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprove
- scold
- take to task
- tear apart
- tell off
- upbraid
- adduce
- advance
- allege
- ask
- assert
- believe
- call for
- challenge
- collect
- declare
- defend
- exact
- have dibs on something
- hit
- hit up
- hold
- hold out for
- insist
- justify
- knock
- lay claim to
- need
- pick up
- pop the question
- postulate
- pretend
- profess
- pronounce
- require
- requisition
- solicit
- stake out
- take
- uphold
- vindicate
- adduces
- advances
- alleges
- asks
- asserts
- believes
- calls for
- challenges
- collects
- declares
- defends
- exacts
- has dibs on something
- hits
- hits up
- holds
- holds out for
- insists
- justifies
- knocks
- lies claim to
- needs
- picks up
- pops the question
- postulates
- pretends
- professes
- pronounces
- requires
- requisitions
- solicits
- stakes out
- takes
- upholds
- vindicates
- adjudge
- belittle
- blow whistle on
- call down
- castigate
- censure
- chide
- come down on
- criticize
- damn
- decry
- denounce
- denunciate
- deprecate
- depreciate
- disapprove
- disparage
- doom
- find fault with
- find guilty
- frame
- hang something on
- judge
- knock
- lay at one's door
- let have it
- name
- pass sentence on
- pin it on
- point finger at
- pronounce
- proscribe
- punish
- put away
- put down
- reprehend
- reproach
- reprobate
- reprove
- send up
- send up the river
- sentence
- skin
- thumbs down on
- upbraid
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