Sentence examples for The knocking of from inspiring English sources

The knocking of his pastoral staff was answered with a fanfare – and a self-inflicted inquisition.

The knocking of a woodpecker, the snickering of a pair of squirrels and the chick-a-dee-dee-dee of the bird named for that distinctive call rounded out this early morning concert.

The knocking of the glass off the table was not intentional, though it was caused by his being startled.

A pair of turtles attempted mating, the knocking of their shells audible under the water.

Take the waymarked Inchewan Walk from the village to explore Birnam Glen, where the drumbeats of war have been replaced by the knocking of woodpeckers.

Pippen, who had had three major operations in four years and had fallen in step with the knocking of Krause, wanted to leave.

However this efficacy complicates the knocking out of important genes in cultured cells.

But documentarians also have to recognize the knock of opportunity.

Living alone, she dreads the knock of the process server at her door.

Pochettino would never admit it but he has to hear the knock of opportunity.

K trembles all day, every day, and hides his papers and pencils awaiting the knock of the Gestapo.