Sentence examples for kind of knock from inspiring English sources

The kind of knock that would mean very little nowadays, aged just 25, he never played professionally again, and though Newcastle got their money back on the insurance, the team was never the same.

And the people who reveled in a bloody-minded 70-odd from Colly in his Brigadier Block mode, are the same people who revel in the same kind of knock from Rogers – regardless of which team they support.

Trescothick hit a furious 69 from 47 balls, the kind of knock that could only leave England fans sighing, heads filled with thoughts of "what if?" Later, Ramprakash stroked his way to a stately 42 at a run a ball.

I take care of it, to an extent -- and then I kind of knock it all down and destroy the sand castle.

I'd be happy to reach any kind of knock-out stage this time around!

It was about a poet working in the databases at Goldman Sachs, a kind of knock-off of Fernando Pessoa's The Book of Disquiet".

For classical composers, the allure of popular dance music often lies in its rhythms, where accented weak beats create a kind of knock-kneed sex appeal in contrast to the classical beauty of regular meter.

"Kind of knocks you over," he said.

And that kind of knocked me out for the Masters".

"That really kind of knocked us out," Thomas said.

Performing, he said, "kind of knocks me off my writer's game".