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knocking

[ US /ˈnɑkɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /nˈɒkɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
    the knocking grew louder

How To Use knocking In A Sentence

  • The.22 caliber slug had ricocheted off the top of his cranium, knocking him cold as effectively as a hammer.
  • Measuring ten metres in girth, weighing 23 tons and knocking on a bit at about 800 years old, the tree is an impressive - if ungainly - sight.
  • Ray was knocking them down one by one, unlike his tragic ancestor who only knocked himself down.
  • My son caught it by knocking it off the car with a twig, then coaxing it on to a piece of card, and then putting it in a jam jar.
  • She narrowly missed out on gold to Pippa Funnell after knocking down a fence in the showjumping.
  • BELL: Now, under the law, police may enter a home without knocking if certain so-called exigent circumstances exist. CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2008
  • By ‘real’ stress I mean when the bank heavies are actually knocking on your door and it's pay up time on the arrears on the house payments.
  • As she crossed the fields a shell exploded close to her, fracturing her legs and knocking her to the ground.
  • The fox gave a yip as Ferric entered and pounced on the boy, easily knocking him over.
  • I thought we started positively and we were knocking it about but then we started to over-elaborate.
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