How to Use knuckle in a Sentence

knuckle

1 of 2 noun
  • She rapped her knuckles on the table.
  • And it's put Wood's fans on a white-knuckle ride in 2021.
    Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 7 Sep. 2021
  • But there’s still damage, right around the base of thumb, at the knuckle.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Barnes then struck out Hoskins on four knuckle-curves, the last in the dirt, for his 11th save in 12 chances.
    Kevin Cooney, Star Tribune, 22 May 2021
  • Soak beans overnight with enough water to go up to the first knuckle.
    Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • To release the bone from the thigh, carefully cut along the knuckle-like ends and lift the bone away.
    Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 13 Jan. 2022
  • On his story, Travis shared a picture of the front of his knuckles.
    Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
  • While the pork knuckle is still warm, separate the meat from the bone; discard the bone with the fat, and the gristle.
    Kate Krader, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2021
  • With Yasmani Grandal at the plate, Davis threw a 1-1 knuckle-curve into the dirt.
    Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2021
  • His knuckles were open and bleeding, bursts of red smeared on his thighs.
    Hazlitt, 14 June 2023
  • Or just check out the white-knuckle view from Grand Canyon Skywalk.
    Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 19 May 2022
  • This time, Torkelson tagged a fifth-pitch knuckle curve for a 382-foot homer to left field.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2023
  • Hays rubbed her knuckles against the girl’s sternum, then checked her pulse.
    Maggie Prosser, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • That particular shot seemed to have a lot of hang time, and a bit of a knuckle to it.
    Steve Smith, courant.com, 23 Dec. 2021
  • But Shota’s already set his head back on the desk, rapping his knuckles along with the rain.
    Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The next three photos show his swollen knuckle and a brace holding the ring finger in place.
    Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Contestants either shot from the hip or with their knuckles to the ground.
    Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2023
  • Luke Brown points to a monkeypox lesion on the knuckle of his thumb.
    Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 22 July 2022
  • Everyone on the field stood and watched Dilin Meloni’s shot knuckle through the air.
    Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
  • The base is built at a height that prevents you from dragging your knuckles on the table, which is a nice touch.
    Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
  • The patient’s knuckles went white in her fist above her forehead.
    Amy Pedulla, STAT, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Check the soil for moisture by sticking your finger in up to the first knuckle or picking up the pot.
    oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2021
  • There wasn’t takeout rice, or eggs, or even a last little knuckle of parm.
    Sonia Chopra, Bon Appétit, 8 July 2021
  • Things got worse in the third when Martinez sat on Cole’s knuckle-curve and roped his 15th home run of the year to straightaway center to make it 5-0.
    Kyle Hightower, courant.com, 27 June 2021
  • Dalbec worked the count to 2-2 before striking out on a knuckle-curve.
    BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2021
  • David is a bare-knuckle fighter and ran a gym, but the owner of the building recently died and the lease came to an end.
    Glamour, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Go ahead and crack those knuckles and limber up the fingertips.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Pearson doesn’t wash her hands as often, and now her knuckles don’t bleed.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The broth is a days-long process that starts with simmering beef knuckle bones, chicken bones and short rib bones for hours.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Dealers will replace the steering knuckle, free of charge.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
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knuckle

2 of 2 verb
  • But every hunt turns into the same battle: a hook in its back, a white knuckled grip on the rod, a snapped line.
    Karina Elwood, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Griezmann's shot from about 25 yards away knuckled away from Muslera at the last moment and the ball went off his hands and into the goal in the 61st minute.
    Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 6 July 2018
  • So far, Green has said nothing so bare-knuckled, at least in public.
    George Russell, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Oregon State had a chance to counter just over a minute later, but Jordan Choukair’s 52-yard field goal attempt knuckled to the left.
    oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Outside his window, the azure waters of the Pacific knuckled on the white sands of Malibu.
    Jeff Stein, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Even so, for anxious fliers, the odds do little to quell nerves, and moderate turbulence leads to white-knuckling the arm rests.
    Tyler Moss, CNT, 6 July 2017
  • Mr. Nolan instead narrows in on a handful of men who are scrambling and white-knuckling their way into history on the sea, in the air and on the ground.
    Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 20 July 2017
  • Farther back, there are bald cypress trees, root systems knuckling their way out of the mud, and rowboats passing through the bayou.
    Zachary Fine, The New York Review of Books, 8 Feb. 2020
  • Put your social agenda on the back burner and knuckle down to honor your obligations.
    Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 13 May 2017
  • The offense had its best game of the year, with a season-best 19 hits in addition to a new high run total, but the bullpen white-knuckled it for four innings before securing the win.
    Tim Healey, Sun-Sentinel.com, 24 May 2017
  • White-knuckling through intersections, cursing the Waze app for directing you to turn left.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Paramore capped off its sophomore album and commercial breakthrough with this white-knuckled, berserker sprint through stardom and back.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2017
  • The prosecutors tore up the language and the law trying to prove that the senator was knuckling the guy who was eagerly purchasing his influence with both hands.
    Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 13 Sep. 2017
  • State after state punted on the opportunity to become the first to regulate before Wyoming, well, knuckled up.
    Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 4 June 2018
  • But what about snow biking, snowmobiling, and knuckle hucking?
    Jenny McCoy, SELF, 23 Jan. 2019
  • Also, despite what your grandmother says, there isn't any conclusive evidence on risk of arthritis tied to knuckle cracking.
    Ashley May, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2018
  • But there’s no need to white-knuckle the transition to your better self: Aspire to shimmering inner perfection at a yoga retreat in a warm-weather, seaside haven, where like-minded souls are padding down the same path.
    Margot Dougherty, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2020
  • For all their bluster and feints at rebellion, Dick and Muriel are good teens—not in the sense of having knuckled under to a pervasive moral code but of having internalized kindness and responsibility.
    Tony Adler, Chicago Reader, 5 July 2017
  • Their relationship began last May with a white-knuckled, jaw-clenching, six-Mississippi handshake in Brussels.
    Ashley Parker, courant.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • But every hunt turns into the same battle: a hook in its back, a white knuckled grip on the rod, a snapped line.
    Karina Elwood, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Griezmann's shot from about 25 yards away knuckled away from Muslera at the last moment and the ball went off his hands and into the goal in the 61st minute.
    Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 6 July 2018
  • So far, Green has said nothing so bare-knuckled, at least in public.
    George Russell, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Oregon State had a chance to counter just over a minute later, but Jordan Choukair’s 52-yard field goal attempt knuckled to the left.
    oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Outside his window, the azure waters of the Pacific knuckled on the white sands of Malibu.
    Jeff Stein, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Even so, for anxious fliers, the odds do little to quell nerves, and moderate turbulence leads to white-knuckling the arm rests.
    Tyler Moss, CNT, 6 July 2017
  • Mr. Nolan instead narrows in on a handful of men who are scrambling and white-knuckling their way into history on the sea, in the air and on the ground.
    Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 20 July 2017
  • Farther back, there are bald cypress trees, root systems knuckling their way out of the mud, and rowboats passing through the bayou.
    Zachary Fine, The New York Review of Books, 8 Feb. 2020
  • Put your social agenda on the back burner and knuckle down to honor your obligations.
    Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 13 May 2017
  • The offense had its best game of the year, with a season-best 19 hits in addition to a new high run total, but the bullpen white-knuckled it for four innings before securing the win.
    Tim Healey, Sun-Sentinel.com, 24 May 2017
  • White-knuckling through intersections, cursing the Waze app for directing you to turn left.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland, 29 Jan. 2020

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