Sentence examples for get knocked for from inspiring English sources

They get knocked for having no discernible employment, but trying that hard to be cool seems like a lot of work to me.

Agents of SHIELD is a show that used to get knocked for being bland – a sci-fi NCIS – but tonight's cliffhanger-resolving episode features a Coulson scene so unexpectedly graphic and unsettling it could be on American Horror Story.

And while scientists often get knocked for being technocratic, data-spouting talking heads, these guys do, in this humble scientist's opinion, an excellent job of being relaxed, likeable, and engaging.

Just as the hoops-playing president is getting knocked for being too traditionally male, the hula-hooping Michelle is getting knocked for being too traditionally female.

Then I got knocked for six in another area in my life and turned once again to calories for comfort.

The X Factor boss says he pays tax all over the world: "Whenever I got knocked for what I do, I always say, well I do pay my taxes, and it helps, and I'm quite proud of that, here and all over the world".

The company routinely gets knocked for things like warehouse conditions, tax breaks and impact on smaller retail outlets.

Ford's Taurus often gets knocked for its rental-car image, but a rental Taurus seems like the Queen's private limousine compared to the VUE.

has a review of the new Sony NW-E003 MP3 solid state player where it manages to score relatively high marks while simultaneously getting knocked for being openly gay (because it's pink).

BlackBerry is getting knocked for having only 70,000 apps to choose from compared to iPhone's 750,000.

Despite the fact that Coldplay gets knocked for being lame or just plain square, their sound is original and their eccentric neon loving style seems befitting of rockstars who hail from the same country as David Bowie.