Examples of knock over in a Sentence
he knocked over six convenience stores before getting caught
knocked me over trying to get out the door
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Over the years, other scientists have implanted false memories of events, such as knocking over a punch bowl at a wedding, traveling in a hot air balloon or putting Slime in a teacher’s desk.
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Bernice Andrews, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2025
Surveillance video shows the car slowing down and knocking over the bikers.
—Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
McDonald entered Silver Cross Hospital’s emergency room July 20, knocked over a plastic shield barrier and then threw a computer monitor and scanner at an employee before kicking a security guard in the leg and taking a hand sanitizer dispenser from the wall and throwing it, police said.
—Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
In addition to the loss of electricity, a tree knocked over a second tree in my next door neighbor’s yard and both trees were completely blocking a road.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025
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Bernice Andrews, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2025
Surveillance video shows the car slowing down and knocking over the bikers.
—Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
McDonald entered Silver Cross Hospital’s emergency room July 20, knocked over a plastic shield barrier and then threw a computer monitor and scanner at an employee before kicking a security guard in the leg and taking a hand sanitizer dispenser from the wall and throwing it, police said.
—Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
In addition to the loss of electricity, a tree knocked over a second tree in my next door neighbor’s yard and both trees were completely blocking a road.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Knock over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knock%20over. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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