Examples of knob in a Sentence

a carved walking stick with a silver knob toss a knob of butter into the frying pan

Recent Examples on the Web Customers fed their coins into a slot next to the door, pulled a small knob, and took out their purchase. — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2022 The center console knob switches between 2Hi, 4Hi and 4Lo controls and allows the Bronco to blast, climb or, if necessary, crawl over obstacles. — Kyle Edward, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 In testing, the resistance knob was incredibly responsive; even a tiny turn moves your wheel within the lane. — Angela Moscaritolo, PCMAG, 10 Mar. 2022 Users are prompted to adjust the bike’s resistance knob in order to navigate to the correct lane and hit fast-changing cadence and resistance goals. — Lauren Goode, Wired, 17 Feb. 2022 With Honda’s Smart Key system, the scooter’s main knob is automatically activated as the owner approaches, and the engine can be started without inserting the key. — Josh Max, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022 The campaign also seeks to educate people on all forms of fire safety such as working smoke detectors, self-closing doors and stove knob covers. — Kiely Westhoff And Alaa Elassar, CNN, 20 Mar. 2022 This approach also gives the engineers an extra knob to turn, as the power electronics can continuously alter the strength of this unique rotor's magnetic field. — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 1 Mar. 2022 Instead of a keyboard, there's an inset wheel, controlled by a small, rotating knob on its outer perimeter, kind of like the mechanism for operating a salad spinner. — Amanda Chicago Lewis, Wired, 15 Feb. 2022 See More

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