Sentence examples for knocking close from inspiring English sources

The market hammered LVMH stock in part because DFS might dilute LVMH's historic profitability, knocking close to four points off its operating margin.

NOTE: Bowmen are not as useless up close as sins, as the skill, power knockback (pkb) knocks close enemies away much more easily.

Megan Hilty is luminous and, while we have to fast-forward through almost all the magnificent tunes, she knocks closing anthem "Don't Forget Me" out of the park.

"Every door we're knocking is closed," the brother-in-law said.

Tigers winger Goneva came close to replying with a try but knocked on close to the line as the Saracens defence put in a committed and disciplined display.

Molinari needs to knock this close - but he doesn't, hitting the ball pin high but miles left of the flag.

Luke Arscott knocked on close to the line after Jason Spice's chip had bounced unkindly for Paul McKenzie before a missed tackle by James Merriman saw Phil Dollman make a 45-metre burst before being held up on the line.

The leader of the team that designed the Olympic stadium on his new-brick mews house in Putney, south-west London Rod Sheard, who led the team at Populous, which designed the Olympic stadium, lives in a mews house – in fact, it's two houses knocked together – close to the Thames in Putney, south-west London.

With time almost up, the 18-year-old might have snatched victory for the defending champions but knocked on close to the try-line in Wellington.

Tongan back-rower Ta'ai knocked on close to the line and Eorl Crabtree was held up as Giants made a bright start, and eventually opened the scoring as Lunt forced his way over out of dummy-half on the left.

I know I've been close, knocking on the door.