How to Use knock over in a Sentence

knock over

verb

• The plants are knocked over, and soil is tracked all over the floor.
  — Julie Hecht, Scientific American, 1 May 2017
• In our tests, this leaked through the zipper when knocked over.
  — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2023
• Tombstones were knocked over, some cracked in half; some date back to the late 1800s.
  — Enquirer Staff, The Enquirer, 4 July 2024
• In some places, whole lines of graves were knocked over and broken.
  — Enquirer Staff, The Enquirer, 4 July 2024
• However, the lid is not spill proof and will leak if knocked over.
  — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2023
• The Pak-Vs were also used as battering rams to knock over the huts.
  — Wallace Cloud, Popular Mechanics, 25 Feb. 2021
• Photos posted by the groups showed the gravestones knocked over in the grass, many of them broken.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 3 July 2024
• When the officers approach him at the bar, Tyson knocks over a barstool and tells them to get the sheriff.
  — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2024
• Wind speeds up to 18 mph and gusts up to 32 mph in the Kansas City area, knocked over trees that fell on power lines.
  — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2024
• Wentz ran for 5 yards on first down on the fourth drive, tried to knock over defenders and got stripped at the Eagles 28.
  — Rob Maaddi, Star Tribune, 18 Oct. 2020
• The beaver will see those as food and steal them, knocking over your trap without getting caught.
  — Joseph Biebert, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
• The goal of the game is to use the frisbee disc to knock over your objects, and part of the fun for kids is choosing what object to place on the platform.
  — Laura Lu, Parents, 7 June 2024
• Heavy storm winds knocked over trees in Harford County, the service said.
  — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2023
• The Gillette News Record reported that 12 empty train cars were knocked over.
  — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 24 June 2023
• The trees behind it are scorched and a lamppost is entirely knocked over.
  — Paul P. Murphy, CNN, 21 Oct. 2023
• The cat can inspire the human by knocking over the paint and walking on the canvas, getting paw prints all over it.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
• Rather, it was knocked over by accident when a guest bumped into the pedestal on which it was displayed.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2023
• In one instance, a wave was powerful enough to crash over a beach wall, knock over adults and propel a truck down a road.
  — Sergio Olmos, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
• She was knocked over and the alligator pulled her into the water by her foot.
  — Will Greenlee, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2023
• She also got knocked over on a hard screen and was fortunately able to bounce right back up.
  — Doug Feinberg, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2024
• My children are just as likely as anyone else's to throw a tantrum on a plane or knock over a glass of juice at a restaurant.
  — Stephanie H. Murray, The Week, 25 Oct. 2021
• One of the images was of a large pole that had been knocked over in a parking lot and another showed signage spread across the ground at a Taco Bell.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
• From this premise, the film starts to spin a feeble air of mystery when someone knocks over some of the graves in the middle of the night and Karsh starts to investigate.
  — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2024
• At the start of the service, a gust of wind knocked over a large religious icon on the altar just a few feet from the pope; ushers quickly righted it.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 Apr. 2024
• Fury hadn’t been knocked out, but he had definitely been knocked over, which was shocking enough.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• Plus, its anti-tip design prohibits it from being knocked over by kids, pets, and random run-ins.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 10 Dec. 2023
• By the following morning, Kevin had knocked over a post and fled into the woods around the family of three's property.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
• The method was used by Brigham Young researchers to knock over a single Lego figure while others remained upright.
  — Chris Holt, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2021
• Several drink holders throughout the table keep drinks in place and safe from being knocked over.
  — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 2 Oct. 2024
• Candles were knocked over and flowers were strewn everywhere.
  — Peter Breen, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024