Sentence examples for capable of knocking from inspiring English sources

It is a ruinous dish, capable of knocking out all but the roughest stomachs.

To do that, they need some forceful personality capable of knocking rival heads together.

Markus Lupfer's simply embellished "love" sweater (£195) looks set to fly, and could even prove capable of knocking "Ginsberg is God" off its lofty perch.

The crowd cheered and Wilder jumped onto the ropes to celebrate — his victory was proof, perhaps, that America finally had a boxer capable of knocking out Klitschko.

The sentiment is that Denver lacks a superstar capable of knocking down the last-second shot or of dominating a game.

Ferris meets with Edward Teller, a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and who advocates the development of a weapons platform capable of knocking Earth-bound asteroids and comets off course.

Ever since its discovery [ 3], RNA interference has been considered to be capable of rapidly and efficiently knocking down the expression of any gene in any cell type, thus opening a door to treat cancer by targeting every cancer-causing gene.

For example, Huang and colleagues developed a cationic lipid capable of delivering siRNA to knock down epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) while down-regulating the phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (pERK) simultaneously to enhance anticancer activity.

Was it a final lack of strength from a woman who has proven herself capable of withstanding the harshest knocks ("this political stuff is nasty, and it's tough", as Trump put it)? Was it a loss of heart?

"By taxing buyers of luxury products, the government is punching a bag that is capable of taking a few knocks and also sending a message that it is very squarely pro-poor in its policies," said Dilip Cherian, of the corporate communications firm Perfect Relations.

Even a microscopic piece of dust moving at rapid speeds is capable of cracking a glass lens, or knocking out a computer board, they said. .