Sentence examples for a mild knock from inspiring English sources

The final Classic of the British season sustained a mild knock to its reputation when only 29 entries were revealed to have been made for September's St Leger, of which 16 are trained by Aidan O'Brien.

The paper explores the performances of a number of different engines in the regimes of controlled auto-ignition, normal combustion, combustion with mild knock and, ultimately, super-knock.

The mild knocks of young adulthood have sanded off Sam and Nicole's edges, making them realize what they'd lost when they parted so impulsively.

Didier Drogba was taken to hospital with a mild concussion after being knocked unconscious during Chelsea's 3-1 victoverover Norwich in the English Premier League.

In contrast, c-Src knock-down had only a mild effect on β-catenin membrane accumulation (Fig. 2A and B).

EHDs may share redundant functions in mammalians, as EHD1 knock-out mice have only a mild attenuated re-cycling phenotype [26].

Sports in which concussion is particularly common include football and boxing (a boxer aims to "knock out", i.e. give a mild traumatic brain injury to, the opponent).

A Mumbai Student Vents on Facebook, and the Police Come Knocking Shaheen Dhada, 21, decided to post a mild message of protest [about local politics] on her Facebook page.

Mild fin damage, fluff and knocked scales are frequently treated by using a mild combo of API Pimafix and Melafix.

Redskins cornerback FRED SMOOT was briefly knocked unconscious and taken to a hospital with a mild concussion after taking a hit to the head in practice on Thursday.

Only a mild exaggeration.