knock

Example Sentences

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Yet it was Leyland, who had only been sent on just before the hour mark when Daryl Clark came off with a head knock, who sensationally tipped the game back to the hosts.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“It would surely happen,” said Rob Stutzman, a GOP strategist who helped Schwarzenegger knock Gov. Gray Davis out of office, and take his job, in the 2003 recall.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"I can't imagine how helpless people must have been," she said between heavy sighs, adding: "I really regret that I didn't knock on a single door."

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Did you mean it when you said the victimizer may knock you down, but the victim must get up?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

It was while I was doing this that there was a knock on the door.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo