Sentence examples for he knocked back from inspiring English sources

As he knocked back a bottle of Grolsch, he said that he'd had better evenings elsewhere.

As the jazz ensemble played, he knocked back the Guinness, and he stayed till the end.

No, he knocked back a few because night had come and he was a pilot at Muroc.

"People have lost all their money," screamed a young financier Wednesday night, as he knocked back drink after drink at a local nightclub — which, despite the earsplitting din of Greek rap music, was half empty.

But Mr. Hagel joined Mr. Kerry this week in strongly backing engagement with Iran, and he knocked back criticisms from the Israeli government over the recent conversation between Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani, and Mr. Obama.

At the ABC Cometti was actually being groomed as McGilvray's long-term replacement, though his bosses might have known that jig was up when he knocked back a chance to accompany the cricket broadcasting great on an Ashes tour, preferring instead to focus his energies on the WAFL season at hand.

He knocks back his pint in two.

Art Shay's "Muhammad Ali Fighting" (1964) shows a pivotal punch in which he knocks back his opponent.

He knocks back the glass of wine, and pours us another.

Nor did he knock back a few because it was the weekend.

Taking a break from the epic tale, he knocks back a tin mug of water.