Below you will find example sentences with "knife attack". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Knife Attack in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: knife
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 23.9 words

Words in this phrase

knife attack

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • knife can mean: A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually ... Frequent word
  • attack can mean: An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a deadly knife attack in the 1× a deadly knife attack left people 1× a frenzied knife attack in the 1× a horrific knife attack after stalking 1× a random knife attack allegedly perpetrated 1× a savage knife attack on very 1× a senseless knife attack 1× an alleged knife attack in newcastle 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a 17 year 1× a bus and 1× a man has 1× after a deadly 1× bridges was already 1× drug addict mcirnerny 1×

Common sentence endings:

a knife attack 1× both in sauchie 1× building society worker 1× by the accused 1× city of nice 1× court records showed 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

year 5× killed 5× two 4× france 3× people 3× nice 3× left 3× man 3× young 3× years 3× follows 2× deadly 2×

Related phrases

terror attack knife crime drone attack utility knife kitchen knife hamas attack heart attack terrorist attack carrying knife fatal attack

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around knife:

knife crime 15× utility knife 11× kitchen knife 9×

Just before it in the phrase index:

knee replacement knee injury kizz daniel kitchen table kitchen knife king street

Just after it in the phrase index:

knife crime knight frank knight riders knights templar knocked down knocked off

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

knife crime

Same ending:

terror attack drone attack hamas attack heart attack terrorist attack fatal attack

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "knife attack" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 23.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a deadly knife attack in the, a deadly knife attack left people, year, killed and two stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with terror attack, knife crime, drone attack, knife crime, utility knife and kitchen knife, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with knife attack

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Gordon Gault died after an alleged knife attack in Newcastle last November. (12 words)

The tourist was "subjected to a random knife attack", allegedly perpetrated by the accused. (14 words)

The knife attack follows another year in which knife crime has hit the headlines in the capital. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

The assault follows another knife attack at a church in the French city of Nice that left three people dead and several others wounded, in what authorities are treating as the latest jihadist attack to rock the country. (38 words)

His family explained a knife attack suffered by 'kind' Cole in 2008 had partially paralysed in his left arm and resulted in years of mental anguish, for which he self-medicated. (31 words)

A 17-year-old already in custody has been charged with murder over the deaths of three young girls in a frenzied knife attack in the English seaside town of Southport. (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

The knife attack follows another year in which knife crime has hit the headlines in the capital.

Two killed in France knife attackAt least two people were was killed and one other person was injured in a deadly knife attack in the French city of Nice.

Previously, headteacher Sam Jones said the attack marked the “darkest of days” for the school community, adding: “A Kelmscott student was tragically killed in a senseless knife attack.

After a deadly knife attack left people dead in Nice, France, crowds gathered outside a local cathedral to pay their respects to the victims of the attack on October 29.

The assault follows another knife attack at a church in the French city of Nice that left three people dead and several others wounded, in what authorities are treating as the latest jihadist attack to rock the country.

A bus and car burn on O’Connell Street in central Dublin, where violent scenes unfolded Thursday following a knife attack.

A man has been charged with murder after a young man was killed in a knife attack in broad daylight.

Bridges was already serving a seven-year sentence that was imposed in 2019 for stabbing a neighbour and another knife attack on a complete stranger, both in Sauchie.

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Drug addict McIrnerny launched a knife attack on his dealer when they met up in Keighley and was jailed for five years.

Gordon Gault died after an alleged knife attack in Newcastle last November.

His family explained a knife attack suffered by 'kind' Cole in 2008 had partially paralysed in his left arm and resulted in years of mental anguish, for which he self-medicated.

In April, Kohberger’s attorneys had a witness subpoena served in Nevada to one of the two roommates who went unharmed in the knife attack, court records showed.

In his first interview since a near-fatal knife attack in August, the novelist talks with David Remnick about his recovery, and his new novel.

Members of the public suffered “savage injuries” in a daytime robbery and knife attack in central London in October last year.

Scorned teacher Bailey was jailed for 22 years after she carried out a horrific and violent knife attack on her love rival.

She brutally killed love rival Janet Newton in a horrific knife attack after stalking the building society worker.

The 24-year-old man in France is being hailed as a hero after he intervened in a savage knife attack on very young children.

The tourist was "subjected to a random knife attack", allegedly perpetrated by the accused.

Two youths have been found guilty of murdering teenager Brianna Ghey in a “frenzied and ferocious” knife attack.

A 17-year-old already in custody has been charged with murder over the deaths of three young girls in a frenzied knife attack in the English seaside town of Southport.

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