How to Use knickknack in a Sentence

knickknack

noun

• The shelves were filled with knickknacks.
• The five-tier glass shelves are deep and sturdy, each one able to hold up to 22 pounds of your knickknacks.
  — Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 2 July 2024
• That phrase, though, could soon pop up on t-shirts and knickknacks in New Orleans and beyond.
  — al, 23 Feb. 2020
• The store sells an eclectic mix of pantry staples, soda, beer and wine, knickknacks and more.
  — Dana Oland, idahostatesman, 28 Aug. 2017
• There were tables and chairs, pictures and knickknacks, shelves lined with books.
  — Karl Ove Knausgaard, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018
• As the home’s third owners in almost 100 years, a little work had to be done to fit both their needs and their knickknacks.
  — Laura Kostelny, Country Living, 25 Jan. 2019
• Heavy lifting There was a time when walls were reserved for art or shelves with a few knickknacks.
  — Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• On a recent night, the park was buzzing with young Saudis browsing food trucks and knickknack stalls.
  — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2017
• If a book doesn’t catch your eye, a knickknack probably will.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
• Vendors sell knickknacks and glasswork made of antique glass or glass that would have been thrown out.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 17 July 2023
• The 59-year-old sells rat poison, used shoes, and assorted knickknacks on a street corner in Guatemala City.
  — Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2019
• Books, my alarm clock, my BlackBerry, a little fish dish that holds knickknacks, a hair scrunchie.
  — Cortney Pellettieri, Good Housekeeping, 7 June 2011
• Its 4-star knickknack stores are Hallmark gift stores crossed with Brookstone.
  — latimes.com, 16 June 2019
• The business, which sells housewares, furniture, knickknacks and more, has been around for more than 30 years.
  — Annie Zak, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Dec. 2017
• Japanese records and more vintage knickknacks line the shelves.
  — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
• Access the menu, and the room comes alive, with menu items as knickknacks, recent calls as a dorm message board, and utilities in a toolbox on the floor.
  — Roger Hibbert, WIRED, 15 June 2009
• Her store, opened in 1984, started out with books on diverse topics, along with knickknacks for the home, Tim McNeal said.
  — Cathie Anderson, sacbee, 10 July 2018
• And for all those knickknacks and more, Adams typically turns to Amazon first.
  — Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
• For 75 years, the Bench Commission in Boise has sold new and used furniture, antiques and knickknacks.
  — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 9 May 2024
• Others are filled with jewelry, toys, and other knickknacks and bric-a-brac.
  — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2018
• To me, a tourist visits all the big sights, sees spectacles on stage and returns home unchanged with a suitcase full of knickknacks.
  — Rick Steves, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2017
• The nearby shops sell everything from Spanish pastries to jamón to knickknacks and, of course, plenty of wine.
  — Laura Jung, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Dec. 2019
• Action figures, chess pieces, knickknacks and more; a 3-D printer is the gift that keeps on giving — er, printing.
  — Jack Flemming, latimes.com, 3 Nov. 2017
• A beautiful painting covered the wall along the length of her bed; the bookshelf was adorned with books, knickknacks and childhood photos.
  — Jaide Timm-Garcia and Kaylee Hartung, CNN, 17 July 2017
• Too bad: The roughly $88 knickknack is currently sold out.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2017
• Consequently, all the wedding souvenirs for sale in shops — the tea towels, tea cups and other knickknacks — had the wrong date.
  — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 16 May 2018
• No greasy spice bottles, disorderly utensil crocks or knickknacks to push out of the way.
  — Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2018
• Attached to each restaurant is a general store that sells knickknacks such as toys and candy.
  — Laura Sussman, sacbee, 4 Aug. 2017
• Snagging a stool at the countertop feels like sidling up to someone’s home kitchen, where knickknacks and mismatch-y dinnerware add to the charm.
  — Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 13 Sep. 2023
• There’s not much to do in Agra for tourists besides sightsee (and souvenir shop, especially marble knickknacks, decor, and homeware), which means time spent at the hotel is a big part of your trip.
  — Claudia Fisher, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024