Sentence examples for be knocked for from inspiring English sources

The House minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, was right to urge Democrats on Sunday not to be "knocked for a loop" by the Republican feeding frenzy.

Like the ancient Greeks, Lincoln seemed to believe that 'ideas of a person's worth are tied to the way others, both contemporaries and future generations, perceive him.' " No president can be knocked for such an ambition.

Knowing all of that, a listener could still be knocked for a loop by the feat that the young players of the New Juilliard Ensemble pulled off during a concert in the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at the Juilliard School on Thursday night.

I was knocked for six for about a year".

Strachey was knocked for six by Mallory on sight.

I'd been knocked for six by flu".

Larry Johnson is knocked for his lost leaping ability.

Smith was knocked for six when she first saw one.

Jennifer Connelly and Gwyneth Paltrow have been knocked for wearing Balenciaga, a label acclaimed for its originality.

More recently they have been knocked for rises in wheat and corn prices.

"The government was knocked for six initially and then responded with characteristic bureaucratic obscurantism.