How to Use knockout in a Sentence

knockout

1 of 3 noun

• He scored a knockout in the fourth round.
• He won the match by a knockout.
• She's a real knockout in that dress.
• The top two teams advance to the knockout stage.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026
• That could be enough to score an early knockout, or win deep.
  — Brett Appley, New York Times, 14 June 2026
• And that closing scene is a knockout.
  — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2025
• The eight teams with the best record will join the knockout bracket.
  — Ben Church, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
• So, what had changed between the group stage and the knockouts?
  — Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2026
• Here’s the funny thing about a knockout.
  — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026
• Both sides have two wins out of two games and are into the knockout stages.
  — David Hickey, NBC news, 23 June 2026
• And prices rise throughout the knockout rounds.
  — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
• Rachel Scott is a tour de force with two back-to-back knockout shows.
  — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
• Now the gloves are off, and each side will be trying to land a knockout blow.
  — Javed Ali, The Conversation, 28 Feb. 2026
• Stosic was given the knockout win.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
• When does the knockout phase begin?
  — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
• This changes from the knockout round, where teams from the same country can meet.
  — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
• Instead, Swift sets off in search of a knockout.
  — Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
• And of course that’s a knockout of an album for my father.
  — Rachel Desantis, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
• That group was solid in Qatar, but fell in the knockout phase.
  — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 27 May 2026
• And from the sax player to the drummer, that band was a knockout.
  — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2024
• The longan mochi with coconut ice cream and rice crispies is a knockout.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
• Topuria took home the belt that night with a first-round knockout of Oliveira.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
• Now, the young core sharpens its claws for knockout football.
  — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
• Colombia leads the group, and a win here would ensure a spot in the knockout round.
  — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 23 June 2026
• The evening was defined by pageantry, knockouts and upsets.
  — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 15 June 2026
• The top two from each group, as well as the eight best third-place teams, will all progress to the knockout phase.
  — Callum Sutherland, Time, 27 May 2026
• At that point, spots in the World Cup’s knockout round could be on the line.
  — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026
• Ready for a knockout Dinner and a Movie?
  — Leslie Kelly, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
• Topuria won that contest via first-round knockout.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
• The knockout punch came after that fourth-down KU punt.
  — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025

knockout

2 of 3 adjective

• The Wimbledon tennis tournament is a knockout competition.
• The Tigers were primed for a knockout punch but that flag put that on hold.
  — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 28 Nov. 2021
• Or show it to you in this knockout collection of all things bird.
  — Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 11 May 2021
• Neither team could apply a knockout blow to put the game out of reach.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2021
• All will play in round-robin groups of four teams feeding into knockout rounds.
  — Graham Dunbar, Star Tribune, 24 May 2021
• Unlike in the group stage, when games can end in ties, there has to be a winner in knockout games.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2022
• This will be the first match in the knockout stage of the tournament against a team who topped their group.
  — Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2022
• The Corolla makes up for lack of a knockout punch by keeping mass trim.
  — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 4 Nov. 2022
• Italy was then shut out by Korea, 4-0, in the knockout stage.
  — New York Times, 12 Mar. 2022
• The top two teams from each of the three groups advance to the knockout stage, as well as the next two teams based on points.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Aug. 2021
• Both teams advanced to the knockout round by posting 1-2 records in pool play.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2021
• The knockout round will be on those two networks as well as NBC.
  — USA TODAY, 21 July 2021
• This is, now, what the knockout stages of the Champions League do.
  — New York Times, 29 Apr. 2022
• The knockout punch, however, came from a sophomore who never played for the late coach.
  — Joseph Arruda, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2022
• Even with the loss, the Americans still should be able to advance to the knockout round.
  — Josh Dubow, ajc, 28 July 2021
• To mix sports metaphors, approach this more like training to run a marathon, rather than expecting to throw a knockout punch.
  — Expert Panel, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
• The club also failed to reach the knockout stage of the Champions League.
  — Manuel Veth, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021
• Only the top two teams in each group are guaranteed to advance to the knockout rounds, along with the two best third-place teams.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 23 July 2021
• The Swiss have not won a match in a knockout stage at any major tournament in 67 years.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 28 June 2021
• With six points, Jamaica punched its ticket to the knockout rounds of the Gold Cup.
  — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 16 July 2021
• The 32-team lineup is the perfect number for a knockout bracket.
  — Bloomberg.com, 30 Mar. 2022
• One of the exciting teams that will be playing in the knockout stage is Portugal.
  — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2022
• The popularity of the song has spread as the team’s run through knockout stages has continued.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2021
• The Voice Ed Sheeran serves as mentor to all of the teams on the first night of the knockout rounds.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2021
• Instead, the team was bounced out in the opening round of knockout play by Sweden in a penalty-kick upset.
  — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 18 July 2021
• Two losses to start the Olympics almost certainly would have doomed their chances of moving on to the knockout round.
  — Jimmy Golen, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 July 2021
• Not reaching the knockout rounds of the Champions League is a failure, of course.
  — New York Times, 26 Nov. 2021
• Only 15 of the 16-team lineup in the knockout stage were known on Wednesday night.
  — Graham Dunbar, ajc, 9 Dec. 2021
• Even with the loss, the Americans remain in good position to advance to the knockout round.
  — Emily Leiker, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
• However, the scoring spree wasn’t a knockout blow for the Vikings, who turned the second half into a back-and-forth slugfest.
  — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Nov. 2021

knock out

3 of 3 verb

• The breath was knocked out of me.
  — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
• He was knocked out in the fourth.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 16 Mar. 2026
• Spence was knocked out of the game.
  — Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026
• His teeth had been knocked out twice.
  — Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
• He was knocked out in the first round.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
• He was knocked out in the second round.
  — Brian Cheung, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026
• They have been knocked out in the third round three years in a row.
  — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
• Page appeared to be knocked out.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026
• Instead, the ball was knocked out of his hands.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 Dec. 2025
• Mann said some of his pecans were knocked out of the trees by the storm.
  — Drew Kann, ajc, 1 Sep. 2023
• We’re supposed to act like we’re knocked out.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026
• There are a few trails to choose from and all can be knocked out in a day.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2024
• Cuba was knocked out in the first round for the first time.
  — Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
• Du Plessis knocked out Perez in the first round.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
• Winds up to 80 mph knocked out power.
  — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 2 June 2026
• The storm also knocked out power for most of the city.
  — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
• Last year, we got knocked out of the playoffs early.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
• So, your team of choice has been knocked out of the World Cup.
  — Steve Douglas, AJC.com, 13 July 2026
• Ward, who was not wearing a helmet, got knocked out on the field.
  — James Boyd, New York Times, 21 May 2026
• If one of those poles gets knocked out, then the whole economy gets knocked down.
  — Alex Harring, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
• How do snowstorms knock out power?
  — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
• Voters like to get ahead of the game and knock out the real contenders.
  — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2025
• Most can be knocked out in a few focused hours across a couple of weekends.
  — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026
• Two defeats, already knocked out.
  — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 23 June 2026
• That knocked out Logano, whose winless streak is now 36 races.
  — ABC News, 3 May 2026
• Ober was knocked out finally in the fifth inning.
  — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 30 May 2026
• One more loss for the Lakers and they will be knocked out of the playoffs.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
• Two days knocking out short day hikes throughout the park left me craving more.
  — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 Oct. 2024
• But the tree had knocked out power to the neighborhood.
  — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
• They were knocked out in the next round by Spain, but only on penalties.
  — Nick Miller, New York Times, 2 June 2026