Knocking in a sentence

Hurricane Helene came a-knocking last week, then spent most of her time knocking down trees and power poles.

Kids and families can go pumpkin bowling (we assume that means knocking down pins with pumpkins, or perhaps even knocking down pumpkins with pumpkins), make crafts, and show off their Halloween costumes.

The other ("defending") player is then entitled to lay out any melds in his or her hand and can then lay off any of his or her remaining deadwood cards that fit into the knocking player's melds, provided that the knocking player does not have a gin hand.

After 15 takes, they finally had one going that wasn’t upset by pedestrians or other real world elements, but then a taxi ran a red light, very nearly knocking Hoffman and Voight down as they crossed the street.

After knocking "a fair bit of rust out" on Thursday, Flanagan found his groove.

After knocking almost half a second off his own 100m world record in the heats, he reaches the 100m final as favourite for gold, starting in lane four between Van der Burgh and the threatening American Cody Miller.

After knocking the ball loose but failing to get it out of the sand on his first attempt, Hall saved par by popping it out on the next try.

After several weeks of knocking on the door, Lady Gaga’s “Bloody Mary” officially enters the Top 10 at pop radio.

A liberal-leaning nonprofit group is knocking Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) over her opposition to a bill that provides increased health care benefits for some veterans on the anniversary of its passage.

A local grand final descended into chaos after a footy player was given a red card for knocking out a rival player in ugly scenes.

Although Otto wants to be left alone, his neighbors keep knocking on his door.

And if you forget that … well, then Krampus might come knocking.

And since there are few if any consequences, knocking out Raphael is worth a shot, especially considering the possibility it may be patched out of in the near future.

And that's when the procession starts: patient after patient knocking on my door asking for a cigarette, and a lighter.

And then, of course, when Matt Taibbi is testifying, the IRS is knocking on his door.

Anyone who uses a illegally modified Amazon Fire TV Stick has been warned that the police may be knocking at their door.

A person at The Grove apartments called for help after she said a man was knocking on her door and appeared dangerous, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.

As recently as 2019, Houthi rebels attacked an oil refinery complex in Saudi Arabia, knocking off 4 m b/d of capacity for several weeks.

A storm barreled up the East Coast on Monday, flooding roads and downing trees in the Northeast, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, and forcing flight cancelations and school closures.

A stray bullet whizzed past, hitting his pipe and knocking it away, leaving the stem in his teeth.