Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knouts
Noun
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The rapper was in a white leather jacket with lots of silver buckles and straps.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025 -
To coordinate with the dress, which was plucked from The Blonds’ Spring/Summer 2009 collection, the shoes featured little silver stars on the straps that wrapped around her foot and ankle.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Target’s sale has discounts on thousands of storage furniture pieces, like this soft and roomy fleece bench with a lift-top and this cabinet that discreetly hides and deodorizes trash cans.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Oct. 2025
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The haziness of the energy balance hides this brief imbalance, which allows the virtual particles to influence the real world.—
Dipangkar Dutta,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This moon earned its name because farmers relied on moonlight to harvest their crops late into the night in the days before electricity.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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This traditionally marked an ideal period for farmers to harvest their crops later into the night, the Old Farmer's Almanac said.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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While Harris Reed had more exaggerated bottom lashes and more clustered to the outer wing, lashes at Dreaming Eli were more centered and top-heavy, leaving the bottom lashes natural.—
Essence,
Essence,
23 Sep. 2025
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His right hand lashes out periodically.—
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Though the kitchen switches up the presentation seasonally, on my visit, these tender little pillows floated in a delicate tomatoey broth alongside chunks of local Louisiana crab.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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By replacing silicon with a magnetic semiconductor, the team created a device that not only switches current but can also store information.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Consistency builds trust and slashes audit drag.—
Jagbir Kaur,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Cherry picks up a knife and slashes Laura’s tires on the way out, for good measure.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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So unless Benito uncharacteristically whips out a slate of cover songs, his set will be entirely in Spanish.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
29 Sep. 2025
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So the magnetic field has to stay synchronized with the increasing mass of the particle, ramping up in strength as the particle whips around.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Knouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knouts. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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