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Recent Examples of knobThe on/off lever, complete with a cherry red knob, adds a burst of contrast to the otherwise monochrome frame.—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 20 June 2025 Clean the base of the toilet that is on the floor and all the knobs, too.—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 14 June 2025 There’s no mistaking the Bunion at mile four: Grab a perch on the rocky knob and revel in the panorama of peaks and valleys radiating beneath your boots.—Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan, Outside Online, 6 June 2025 The knob has a strong tactile feel for definite control while font colors on the display change depending on the audio codec being used.—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for knob
Nathan Fillion straddles the line between everyman and hunk — and he’s built a career out of it.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
In our culture there’s little more demonstrative action of a parent’s lack of control than having their child drive away in a 4,000-pound hunk of metal on their own.
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Caleb Harris,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
This smooths out the distribution of axions within galaxies, preventing the formation of smaller clumps and ultra-dense cores.
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ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 June 2025
Because smaller clumps of dark matter cause less extreme warping, this sensitivity will allow researchers to detect and characterize smaller, less massive dark matter structures.
He was being held on a $100,000 bond and wad scheduled to appear at Rockville Superior Court on Friday.
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Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
7 June 2025
His lab, the Kaplan Lab, is strewn with the substance, stacked with cases of silk cocoons and wads of silk from around the world, all awaiting their transformation into new forms.
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