knocking around

Example Sentences

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“Some people are knocking around with trust structures from years back and may not be proactive when it comes to managing assets in the trusts.”

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

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

There are so many former prime ministers knocking around now, how much influence does he really hold?

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2023

There was only a life-sized avatar of a perfect young man sitting in one of those black rehearsal chairs every theater program keeps knocking around.

From Slate • Aug. 27, 2022

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