How to Use bonk in a Sentence

bonk

verb

• The golf ball bonked the hood of the car.
• He bonked him on the head.
• April tries to return a volley and then bonks herself in the nose with the pickleball.
  — EW.com, 19 Oct. 2023
• Meryl bonking herself on the head with a lantern during a dance number?
  — Time, 14 Aug. 2023
• Some might get bonked on the head by a gigantic balloon shaped like a hammer and fall behind.
  — Elise Favis, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2020
• Ideally, this would lead to a scrum of cars all jockeying for the same zone and bonking each other out of it.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 5 June 2018
• What is the etiquette for enjoying the last sips of your drink without that giant ice cube sliding down and bonking you on the nose?
  — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2024
• The woman, at one point, swings her leg back in attitude until her foot bonks her partner’s head.
  — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• Hibbs skied shirtless and helmet-less in a pair of tan overalls and worried at times about blowing out a knee or bonking his head.
  — Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 1 Mar. 2020
• Maybe that sleeper berth’s ladder actually did bonk me on the head.
  — Dan Barry, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2016
• The women all bent their elbows upward, like cactuses, to make sure nobody got bonked.
  — Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2019
• All the other couples will be extremely excited to hear that these two are bonking.
  — Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2024
• What’s rather odd to today’s eyes isn’t just the subject of men standing in shallow boats on a glassy lagoon aiming their bows down into the water where birds swim, bonking them on the head with pellets to knock them out.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
• Jacoby Brissett threw, the ball bonked off Dunlap’s outstretched forearms.
  — Peter King, SI.com, 30 Oct. 2017
• The Super Mario part asks you to navigate throughout the game world by running and jumping and grabbing coins, occasionally bonking floating blocks with your head to get stuff out of them.
  — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 15 Nov. 2023
• That’s because an athlete can bonk once muscle glycogen (carb stores) reaches a certain low level or becomes depleted.
  — Sara Angle, Outside Online, 20 Mar. 2018
• Once upon a time, math geeks and computer nerds were considered totally uncool, what with their slide rules, pocket protectors and astonishing ability to get bonked in the nose with a fly ball to right field.
  — Angela Hill, idahostatesman, 26 May 2017
• Our experts appreciate the quick-release leash attachment and locking clip that ensures your pup won't accidentally bonk the carabiner that attaches them to the leash and break free.
  — Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping, 12 Jan. 2023
• Tensions really boiled over in the rematch one day later after Sommer exchanged words with several Heat players near the team benches, inspiring Brandon Bollig to bonk him over the head with his stick, triggering a line brawl between the teams.
  — Paul Gackle, The Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2017
• Their fight is to be continued next week, and whether or not another member of the deck team gets bonked on the head remains to be determined.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2026