KNOCK in a Sentence
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281 example sentences for KNOCK, such as:
1. I don't knock off until six.
2. There was a treble knock at the door.
3. They could not knock it down in a week.
4. They were going to knock the windmill down.
5. She hurried to answer the knock at the door.
2. There was a treble knock at the door.
3. They could not knock it down in a week.
4. They were going to knock the windmill down.
5. She hurried to answer the knock at the door.
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Meanings and Examples of KNOCK
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knock
v. deliver a sharp blow or push :
n. negative criticism
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 We heard a loud knock, a deep voice below, and heavy steps ascending the stair.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2 They were going to knock the windmill down.
3 They could not knock it down in a week.
4 He was certain to knock the wind out of common sense, and render that unlucky adversary deaf to the call of time.
5 It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca's prison-chamber.
6 When the sounds of Rebecca's devotional hymn had died away in silence, the low knock at the door was again renewed.
7 The postman's knock within the neighbourhood was beginning to bring its daily terrors, and if reading could banish the idea for even half an hour, it was something gained.
8 On one occasion, indeed, he even went so far as to knock them both down a flight of stairs; but this was carrying out his virtuous precepts to an unusual extent.
9 'It was a knock,' said Mr. Giles, assuming perfect serenity.
10 Anne was considering whether she should venture to suggest that a gown, or a cap, would not be liable to any such misuse, when a knock at the door suspended everything.
11 While her father spoke, there was a knock at the door.
12 While they thus watched him a click at the gate was audible, and a knock came to the door.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
13 About ten o'clock there was a knock at the door.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 7 The Night of the Sixth of November
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 7 The Night of the Sixth of November
14 At four o'clock there was a gentle knock at the door.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 9 Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 9 Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
15 I did not even knock when I reached it, but turned the handle and rushed into the passage.
Example Sentence: (71 in 5 pages)
1 She hurried to answer the knock at the door.
2 If you knock the ball with your hand in football, you will suffer a penalty.
3 He diagnosed the trouble that caused the engine to knock.
4 I don't knock off until six.
5 You will never have a quiet world until you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
6 Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.
7 Sometimes the world tries to knock it out of you, but I believe in music the way that some people believe in fairy tales.
8 The players have a couple of minutes to knock up before the match starts.
9 There was a treble knock at the door.
10 When her knock elicited no response , she opened the door and peeped in.
11 It took a whole day of hard effort to knock down the wall.
12 Please have the civility to knock before you enter next time.
13 I asked my father to knock me up at six o'clock.
14 Tell the servant to knock me up at five o'clock.
15 If you two boys don't stop quarrelling immediately, I'll knock your heads together.