How to Use knock in a Sentence

knock

1 of 2 verb

• The dog knocked against the lamp.
• The ball knocked him on the chin.
• He knocked the baseball over the fence.
• She knocked the glass from his hand.
• The ball hit him in the mouth and knocked out one of his teeth.
• The wind knocked him backwards.
• Skaters were knocking into each other all over the ice.
• I accidentally knocked my knee against the table.
• My knee accidentally knocked against the table.
• Ring footage, the post said, showed the boys knock on the door and run off.
  — Isabel Hughes, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• The butt of a rifle struck him in the side of the head, knocking him off his feet.
  — Jeremy Redmon, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
• Becker said a man punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
• Leave it up to Studio Heimat to knock this teen room out of the park.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 19 July 2023
• The first time Old 27 knocked him off in three seconds.
  — Michael S. Rosenwald, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
• Soon after, the men knocked on the door for a second time.
  — Cristian Santana, NBC News, 29 July 2023
• The Sox knocked the former Cy Young Award winner out of the game in the fifth.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2023
• Two hours a day to knock a decade off your age sounds like a good trade.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2024
• The same goes for the base if something were knocked into it with force.
  — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
• The stranger knocked on her window and asked if the payphone was working.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 25 Aug. 2023
• Then, a hit from the Crimson Tide’s Dallas Turner knocked him out of the game.
  — Matt Stahl | [e-mail], al, 6 Sep. 2023
• In the fourth, Hinckle came up with two outs and knocked a single up the middle.
  — Mike Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
• Some drivers have blown past the activists, knocking them over in the process.
  — Hannah Grossman, Fox News, 18 July 2023
• With less top growth, the plant roots aren’t as readily knocked loose.
  — oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2023
• Dempsey knocks Tunney to the mat, but Dempsey doesn’t go to a neutral corner.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• If a child misses and knocks the bottom flap, they get soaked.
  — Parents Editors, Parents, 6 July 2023
• This is a pull-out-all-the-stops over-the-top barn burner of a sandwich that will knock anyone's socks off.
  — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 17 May 2023
• Several said no one knocked on their door in the morning.
  — Karin Brulliard and Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2023
• Gimenez knocked it down, but fell to his knees facing center field.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023
• That can lead the feline protagonist to knock pots and other items of shelves to break.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
• The taps flow freely, pool balls knock, and the dance floor echoes with live roots music (from zydeco to Texas blues) late into the night.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2024

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knock

2 of 2 noun

• He gave him a knock on the head.
• There was a loud knock at the door.
• He likes praise but can't stand the knocks.
• She took some knocks early in her career.
• The ocean got wild and there was a knock at the front door.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2023
• After the kids have gone to bed, there’s a knock at the door.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2023
• On the third knock, a bleary-looking young man opens the door a crack.
  — Time, 24 Oct. 2022
• She is troubled by the metronome ticking, a knock at the door, a scream in the woods.
  — Variety, 2 Mar. 2023
• The family is surprised in the evening by a knock at the door.
  — Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2023
• The only knocks on Young to this point have been his height and weight.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 17 Apr. 2023
• Then, in 2018, there was a knock on her door, and she was served a lawsuit.
  — Bram Sable-Smith, CBS News, 27 June 2023
• But the good news is if one takes a knock the other one is ready to go.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Oct. 2022
• Prior to the shooting, the power to the house was turned off when there was a knock at the front door.
  — Aidan Wohl, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
• There was a knock on the door and the lady whose apartment it was opened the door a little and boom!
  — David Marchese David Marchesephotograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2023
• And in my opinion—and this is no knock on the Parisians or anyone from big cities.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
• The knock at the door startled Jenn Carson and her mother, Lynne.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023
• The close score is not a knock on the Bengals’ offense nor Joe Burrow.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
• The one knock and a couple punchouts didn't get me a message.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2023
• Leaving a little drama, though, was a knock at the door.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 7 Sep. 2023
• That knock was ranked No.3 in Wisden Cricket’s innings of the year.
  — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
• An occupant of the house was alerted by a knock at the door, Robinson said.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
• Then a pair of harmless singles in the fourth and fifth were the only knocks recorded against him all day.
  — Journal Sentinel, 20 July 2023
• The only knock on Young is something out of his control: size.
  — Baltimore Sun, 17 Nov. 2022
• About six or seven minutes later, a knock came at the door.
  — Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2024
• Still, one knock against him might be his lack of success against top-level teams.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2023
• Much like Davis, the knocks on Irving largely have nothing to do with his on-court skill.
  — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 16 May 2023
• As Warren had predicted, the fight had shown up at my door, and the knock was not gentle.
  — Sarah Smarsh, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
• This isn’t a knock against the place; fine is exactly what a diner’s burger ought to be.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2024
• That’s less of a knock on JetBlue and more of a testament to just how high the airline has raised the bar on catering.
  — Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2023
• Many Israelis spend their evenings at home fretting about that ominous knock on the door.
  — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024