Sentence examples for not knackered from inspiring English sources

Talent must be nurtured - not knackered.

And the mums were not knackered and spattered with vomit.

He is now just three victories away from his first French Open title, and if he is to meet Nadal in the final, he would love him to be ever so slightly weary, if not knackered.

My toddler will go mad from being cooped up and he won't keep mittens and a hat on his head as reasonably as I will, but if I'm not too knackered from coping with that, I'll walk him to the library more often (the bus fare would be £4.80 there and back).

People would say, aren't you knackered?

Dave's loving it, but it's not exactly knackering handing out presents I picked, plus they've got ambassadors to argue about BP, so sad for the fishes.

Have you ever found yourself at an after-party that isn't really an after-party and is instead you and group of seven other people trying not to look knackered, cutting lines of whatever is left and smoking rollies?

"There have been times, like the ODI series in South Africa, when you find yourself knackered, not just physically but mentally.

I've felt knackered (not sure if this is linked), the bruises I experience on my legs have gotten worse and there are some days my abdomen is rocked with horrible cramps.

It's a cliche but apparently it's true – a woman who isn't so totally knackered from working all day, picking up the kids, cooking dinner, feeding, bathing and putting the kids to bed all on her own, is much more up for sex in the evenings.

As one interviewee succinctly put it: "If I don't get qualifications, then I'm knackered, aren't I?" Re-engaging with Education, by Gaynor Attwood, Paul Croll and Jane Hamilton, Research Papers in Education 2003.