Sentence examples for serious knock from inspiring English sources

He said: "Lewis took a serious knock at the weekend, which is very tough on him.

Mr Le Pen's personal image has also taken a serious knock.

Stock markets, which took a serious knock yesterday on worries over the strengthening dollar, paused for breath today.

The way things are shaping up, we may find that over the next 10 months, the coalition's reputation for economic competence takes a serious knock.

Its formidable brand, which the trust has been eager to exploit – both in the NHS market and worldwide – has surely taken a serious knock.

But, for the credibility of Lloyds' chief executive, António Horta-Osório, and his management, a record fine from the Financial Conduct Authority is a serious knock.

This could have serious knock-on effects.

But it's undeniable that any exit from the Union would have a serious knock-on effect.

Poor nutrition also has serious knock-on effects on wider efforts to improve education and livelihoods across the sub-county.

A default on their bonds would have serious knock-on effects because mutual funds, banks and savings-and-loans institutions are all large holders.

Well, it was hardly an act of solidarity, amid concerns that the financial problems in the west would have serious knock-on consequences for poorer countries.