knocking around

Example Sentences

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Shedding talent and salary gave Boston financial flexibility—but it also seemed to portend a season of knocking around the NBA’s ocean floor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Training is in the morning so you can enjoy the afternoon and there are always Santa hats knocking around to be worn instead of a training cap.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024

The problem is that doctors might sign a clean bill of health without knocking around or conducting these tests because patients with normal weight obesity can appear to be physically fit.

From Slate • May 13, 2024

The film was an artfully ragged series of vignettes about young eccentrics played largely by nonprofessionals knocking around Austin.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023

I guess that what influenced me to get my first actual apartment was my not wanting Reginald to be knocking around Harlem without anywhere to call “home.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey