Knocked example sentences

1. Someone knocked on the door.
2. He knocked the cup off the table.

1. She knocked twice and then opened the door.
2. I knocked over my drink when I stood up too fast.

1. He knocked on the window to get her attention instead of ringing the bell.
2. They knocked down the old wall to make the rooms bigger.

1. She knocked back her drink and immediately regretted how strong it was.
2. The news knocked him sideways — he wasn't expecting it at all.

1. What knocked him most was not the rejection itself, but the casual indifference with which it was delivered.
2. She'd been knocked off balance by the encounter, though she tried not to show it.

1. There was something about the way he knocked — tentative, almost apologetic — that told her everything she needed to know.
2. The revelation had knocked the foundations out from under everything she'd believed about her family.

🏠 Everyday Life

1. I knocked on the neighbor's door to ask if they'd seen my cat.
2. The wind knocked over the trash cans and scattered garbage all over the street.

💼 Workplace

1. She knocked on the boss's door and asked if he had five minutes to talk.
2. Someone knocked over the coffee maker in the break room and nobody cleaned it up.

📊 Business

1. The competitor knocked our prices down so we had to rethink our strategy.
2. We knocked out a deal with the client by end of day Friday.

🛒 Buying / Shopping

1. I knocked on the store manager's door to ask if they'd price-match.
2. They knocked thirty percent off everything because the store is closing.

✈️ Travel

1. I knocked on the hotel room door by mistake — wrong floor.
2. The turbulence knocked my luggage out of the overhead bin.

📚 Education

1. The teacher knocked on the desk to get the class's attention.
2. He knocked down the argument with facts and evidence.

❤️ Relationships

1. She knocked on his apartment door at midnight and he just held her while she cried.
2. I knocked him over the head with a pillow and we ended up laughing until we couldn't breathe.

📰 News / Politics

1. The scandal knocked the senator's approval rating down by twenty points.
2. Protesters knocked on the doors of city hall demanding action.

💻 Technology

1. The power surge knocked out the entire server and we lost hours of work.
2. The new update knocked some features offline temporarily.

📝 Formal Writing

1. The study knocked down the previous theory with compelling statistical evidence.
2. The committee knocked the proposal back for further revision and resubmission.