knobkerries

plural of knobkerrie

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for knobkerries
Noun
  • Major events, like football games, are often used as cudgels to force a deal, with both the distributor and broadcaster eager to ensure the events are available to subscribers.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • The plaintiffs later accused the department of violating the order by hitting journalists with batons and arresting them during an August protest.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Reuters reported that police used water cannons, batons, rubber bullets and tear gas against protesters.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The proteins fit together in the same way as in eukaryotes, although the structures were made up of five rods, rather than 13, making a miniature tubule.
    Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And also that people have used four branches of witch hazel as the vining rods or witching sticks to find water.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Cracker Barrel in Belleville still has lots of space between the tables, which is good, because a statistically improbable number of customers the other morning were using canes or walkers.
    Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Fennell explained that grapevine canes, the woody stems that support grape clusters, are an abundant, cellulose-rich material, and are available in the large quantities each year after harvest.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The top firms have staffs of several thousand employees who are expensive but have proven worthwhile.
    Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The news and editorial staffs of Southern California News Group and The San Diego Union-Tribune had no role in this post’s preparation.
    Melanie Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Knobkerries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knobkerries. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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