Sentence examples for knock lightly from inspiring English sources

Tap or knock lightly on the affected tile or board.

This requires you to knock lightly on the wall to see if you can hear whether a stud has been added.

She knocked lightly.

Another Chinese student, Linhua Shan, lets himself in after knocking lightly.

Describing what can be heard, he said: "The guy outside is knocking lightly on the door and there is no answer.

When I faced my morning commute, I was less filled with the sense of existential malaise that used to come when I was wedged between two sets of shoulders, my forehead knocking lightly against the backpack of the person ahead of me.

"The guy outside is knocking lightly on the door, and there is no answer," the investigator said, describing audio from the recorder.

David knocked lightly on the door.

When someone pours tea for you, lightly knock your two fingers on the table and say "thank you".

To get a general indication of where a stud is (typically within an inch or two), you can also lightly knock on the wall repeatedly as you slowly move left or right and listen carefully for a difference in sound.

Prune the Knock Out rose only lightly in late winter or very early spring.