Sentence examples for take knock from inspiring English sources
The words are as hackneyed as the riffs and melodies: take Knock Me Down, with its vague allusions to the mystery shadowy character known as The Man and to people who "can't wait to knock you down", which we're sure Pete Townshend might have something to say about, such as, "Hmm, that rings a bell" or "I'll see you in court".
Oh, and the ability to take knocks.
You have to be outgoing to be a presenter - and you need the confidence to take knocks; it's fatal to take yourself too seriously.
I can certainly understand the initial impulse to push ahead: New York prides itself on its ability to take knocks, dust itself off and get the job done.
"Sometimes you have to take knocks and turn it into a positive, and that has to be your fuel to prove people wrong.
Perhaps that natural ability to connect had been honed at Cambridge University, where her confidence took knock after knock, but she was never defeated and emerged so much stronger.
Against Mohammad Abulibdeh from Jordan in the quarter-finals, Nikpai takes knock after knock.
Ireland go long, catching England snoozing, but luckily for the home side, Heaslip fumbles the take, knocking forward.
After taking knocks, bangs and elbows, Dempsey puts the U.S. ahead.
But a couple of the players who would have come in have taken knocks.
