Examples of knock up in a Sentence
I asked the clerk at the hotel to knock me up at 7:00 a.m.
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Margo’s Got Money Troubles is the story of college freshman and aspiring writer Margo (Elle Fanning) who gets knocked up by her English professor (Michael Angarano) and decides to drop out and keep the baby.
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Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
Elle Fanning stars as Margo, a young college student who gets knocked up by one of her professors and decides to move back home and have the baby.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
At fine-dining Le Grand Large, a rotation of visiting chefs knock up Provencal dishes like red snapper and Bouillabaisse.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2026
The pair collided with such force that Dumoulin got knocked up about two feet in the air before landing hard on his padded backside.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, while Miranda busies herself with building a pageant empire, her husband Ray, a pill-popping nurse, has knocked up the 18-year-old granddaughter of one of his hospice patients.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Julia, worried, maintains that she’s not knocked up.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2025
With 200 hp worth of empty space to play with before knocking up against the 600-hp V12 Verado, Mercury is dialing up the overall output of the V10 range by adding a new 425-hp variant as the flagship of the family.
—New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
Elle Fanning stars as Margo, a young college student who gets knocked up by one of her professors and decides to move back home and have the baby.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
At fine-dining Le Grand Large, a rotation of visiting chefs knock up Provencal dishes like red snapper and Bouillabaisse.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2026
The pair collided with such force that Dumoulin got knocked up about two feet in the air before landing hard on his padded backside.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, while Miranda busies herself with building a pageant empire, her husband Ray, a pill-popping nurse, has knocked up the 18-year-old granddaughter of one of his hospice patients.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Julia, worried, maintains that she’s not knocked up.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2025
With 200 hp worth of empty space to play with before knocking up against the 600-hp V12 Verado, Mercury is dialing up the overall output of the V10 range by adding a new 425-hp variant as the flagship of the family.
—New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Knock up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knock%20up. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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