How to Use knight in a Sentence

knight

1 of 2 noun

• He was made a knight.
• The seniors were a very tight-knight group.
  — Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2026
• Beasts and hunters, monsters and knights.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
• Joey wore a knight costume, too, which did not include a shirt.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
• But King Arthur needs a knight, and there isn’t one in the room.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
• Instead, on one move during the game, the king could move like a knight.
  — Dylan Loeb McClain, New York Times, 27 May 2023
• Now on his own, Dunk aspires to become a hedge knight too.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
• Dunk just tagged along when the knight rode out from King’s Landing.
  — Noel Murray, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
• There, like a knight in a castle armory, you will be agog at the choices.
  — Air Mail, 9 May 2026
• What comes next is not from an epic quest that ends with the knight winning the hand of the fair maiden.
  — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2022
• One resembled a knight's helmet wrought with leaves.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2025
• The knight who rode out of that battle unscathed is worth listening to.
  — Greg Autry, Forbes, 3 July 2022
• Second, the knight lives and even gets a visit from Princess Astrid.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2023
• The sweet moment ends with a knight alerting them of Rhaenys' arrival.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Oct. 2022
• Both had learned to play only recently — after a few moves, each had lost a knight.
  — Olivia Bensimon Todd Heisler, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• More than mere armored knights, Paladins are forged as holy conduits.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 12 Dec. 2025
• The prospect of a white-knight music fan riding in to save the day seems to have flickered and faded.
  — Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
• Lack of crowd control led to a wall behind the altar collapsing and killing a knight.
  — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 21 June 2022
• Tyland is a knight on the small council and a future Hand of the King.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 4 Sep. 2022
• The Winter Knight saga who is black and a knight as well, though don’t ask me for details.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
• After being falsely accused of a crime, the knight is forced on a journey to clear his name.
  — Karen Idelson, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
• In medieval disputes, knights toss a glove to the ground to challenge each other to a duel.
  — New York Times, 26 June 2026
• Drake then enters the scene as a knight on horseback, wearing shining armor and a fur cape.
  — Hattie Lindert, PEOPLE.com, 7 May 2022
• The packaging of this fragrance is truly fitting for a knight.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Nov. 2022
• Then everyone changed out of their knight gear for the afterparty.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
• Above the birdlike forefoot of a knight, Above Quixote’s birdlike lance.
  — Osip Mandelstam, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
• Family photos show him in costume, a fair-haired boy with fangs, a knight’s armor, an eye patch.
  — Ellen Barry Dave Sanders, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2022
• In the graphic novel and in this film, [Ballister’s] the black knight.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 July 2023
• This is hard nose, grind it out, gritty, medieval knights, cold with a really light, hopeful touch.
  — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025
• Christ pulls him out of a tiny hole, like a gallant medieval knight rescuing a maiden in distress.
  — Mary Dzon, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025

knight

2 of 2 verb

• He is to be knighted by the Queen for his career as an actor.
• Well, maybe not knighted but perhaps a strong season and a manager of the year award.
  — James Masters, CNN, 6 Aug. 2019
• Five years earlier, the king of Denmark had knighted her.
  — Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
• My husband, who is from a lower middle-class background like myself, has been knighted!
  — Miss Manners, star-telegram, 23 July 2017
• Stafford quipped when a local reporter joked he might get knighted after the performance.
  — Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
• Punk icons, rapper activists and knighted pop stars alike have all announced the end of decades-long careers within the last year.
  — Natalie Maher, Billboard, 22 Feb. 2018
• David Beckham has been formally knighted by the King.
  — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
• To be vouched [for] by someone like Eddie is like being knighted by a king in this industry.
  — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 19 Apr. 2026
• Sir Sir is most commonly a title given to a man knighted by the British monarch.
  — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 1 July 2017
• So to be anointed in that way is like getting a blessing from the Pope or being knighted by the Queen.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2019
• King Boreas also knighted four clients and gave them each a special certificate.
  — Sainted & Tainted Writers, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2017
• And he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his service to the arts.
  — Katie Reilly, Time, 16 Mar. 2018
• Debruge was knighted by France in the Order of Arts and Letters for his work.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
• In summary, Robinson claims to have been knighted for events that have not happened, in a country that has no record of his honor.
  — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
• Three decades after knighting him, the British monarch upped the ante, awarding him an Order of Merit.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 4 Apr. 2019
• Stewart, who was knighted in 2016, ended the clip by saluting the camera and walking off.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2026
• In 1997, he was knighted by the late Queen for his services to literature.
  — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2025
• Greenberg knighted Louis and Nolan as the first truly American painters.
  — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
• In 1998, Gambon was knighted by the Queen for his services to drama.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
• Ové was knighted in 2022 for his services to British cinema and media.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Sep. 2023
• But that seemed more like a case of Brits having a bias toward a Welsh actor who has literally been knighted by the queen.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 12 Mar. 2023
• Lauren is expected to be knighted at a celebration in the New Year.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2018
• He was also knighted by the late Queen Elizabeth in 2012.
  — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
• After the clash, Geralt is knighted for his bravery, fulfilling his oldest fantasy—but at a cost.
  — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
• He was knighted in 2008 for his charitable work in both Britain and Hong Kong.
  — kansascity, 2 Sep. 2017
• He was knighted in 2008 for his charitable work in Britain and Hong Kong.
  — Seattle Times Staff & News Services, The Seattle Times, 1 Sep. 2017
• McCartney receives the honor 20 years after he was knighted by the Queen.
  — Abby Jones, Billboard, 4 May 2018
• He was knighted in France and in England and had 12 authoring doctorates.
  — Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 16 May 2019
• He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth for his services to drama in 1998.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2023
• For his work on the council, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1975.
  — Anne Kenderdine, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2018