How to Use knockout in a Sentence

knockout

1 of 2 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 knockout round games will take place on Dec. 4 and Dec. 5.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2023
• Great Britain also made it to the knockout stage of the 2020 Olympics.
  — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2023
• And from the sax player to the drummer, that band was a knockout.
  — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2024
• This is 14th time the teams have met in the knockout round of a tournament.
  — Damian Calhoun, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
• The Bulls will play four games in the group stage — two at home and two on the road — to vie for a place in the knockout round.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
• Still, the odds of Haiti advancing to the knockout rounds seem slim.
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 26 July 2023
• Tyson said of Paul, who has a 9-1 record with six knockouts.
  — Reuters, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
• The top two teams from each of the eight groups will advance to the knockout stage, which begins on Aug. 5.
  — Anne M. Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2023
• Free lunch will be served at noon and the knockout brackets start at 1 p.m.
  — Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 11 May 2023
• His shot-clock beating floater with 55 seconds left in the game proved to be the knockout blow.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Mar. 2023
• The tie was just enough to ensure the Americans advanced to the knockout round.
  — Anne M. Peterson, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2023
• The team can still advance to the knockout stage of the Leagues Cup based on goal differential.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 July 2023
• The top two finishers in points from each group will advance to the 32-team knockout stage.
  — oregonlive, 26 July 2023
• In 2018, the country won its first two knockout games on penalties.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2022
• The two celebrities with the lowest number of votes would enter the knockout.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2023
• Even before the knockout rounds, four of the eight teams making their World Cup debut won a game.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
• Yes, many of the games lack any real sense of jeopardy, seeing as 16 of the teams will make it to the knockout rounds anyway.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
• Four of the first 10 knockout games in this World Cup have been decided by penalties.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
• The whole night was an emotional knockout, even by the Hold Steady’s standards.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2023
• The winner of each group advanced to the knockout round, as did one wild card from each conference.
  — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• After that, the World Cup is a straight knockout tournament.
  — Andrew Keh, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2022
• But even as the team moves on to Sunday morning’s knockout game against Sweden, the seeds of doubt have taken root.
  — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
• Even Brazilian fans took note of the opposing team’s thirst trap for their first knockout round match.
  — Soo Youn, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2022
• And that bridge is pretty knockout; that’s one of the most dramatic moments on the album.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Mar. 2023
• The winners of the six groups will advance to the single-elimination knockout round.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2023
• Neal has nine career knockout wins and has faced tough competition in the UFC for some time.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• This time, the Dodgers landed a couple of early jabs before their big-fly knockout punch.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2023

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knockout

2 of 2 adjective

• The Wimbledon tennis tournament is a knockout competition.
• The bout ended in a knockout loss for Ayala in the 15th.
  — John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Sep. 2021
• The Tigers were primed for a knockout punch but that flag put that on hold.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 28 Nov. 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
• The club also failed to reach the knockout stage of the Champions League.
  — Manuel Veth, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021
• This is, now, what the knockout stages of the Champions League do.
  — New York Times, 29 Apr. 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
• Italy was then shut out by Korea, 4-0, in the knockout stage.
  — New York Times, 12 Mar. 2022
• Even with the loss, the Americans still should be able to advance to the knockout round.
  — Josh Dubow, ajc, 28 July 2021
• 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
• With six points, Jamaica punched its ticket to the knockout rounds of the Gold Cup.
  — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 16 July 2021
• This was their first match of the knockout stage of the Tokyo Olympics, and with that, the Americans will advance to the next game.
  — Alexandra Svokos, ABC News, 30 July 2021
• The knockout round will be on those two networks as well as NBC.
  — USA TODAY, 21 July 2021
• Neither team could apply a knockout blow to put the game out of reach.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2021
• Then in the 87th minute, Romeo Parks provided the knockout blow to Hartford to make it 2-0.
  — Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2022
• The Corolla makes up for lack of a knockout punch by keeping mass trim.
  — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 4 Nov. 2022
• Only 15 of the 16-team lineup in the knockout stage were known on Wednesday night.
  — Graham Dunbar, ajc, 9 Dec. 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
• Both teams advanced to the knockout round by posting 1-2 records in pool play.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2021
• Or show it to you in this knockout collection of all things bird.
  — Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 11 May 2021
• The knockout stage to determine the medal-winning teams will be held from Aug. 1-7.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 3 July 2021
• After his knockout loss to Fury in 2020, Wilder was livid that Breland had thrown in the towel to stop the fight.
  — Josh Katzowitz, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2021
• The Voice Snoop Dogg continues as mentor for the final night of the knockout round.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2021
• Not reaching the knockout rounds of the Champions League is a failure, of course.
  — New York Times, 26 Nov. 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
• 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
• In some ways, the last week’s listlessness may not matter: Pool play is over, and slates are wiped clean for the knockout stage.
  — Sean Gregory/tokyo, Time, 29 July 2021
• The 32-team lineup is the perfect number for a knockout bracket.
  — Bloomberg.com, 30 Mar. 2022
• All will play in round-robin groups of four teams feeding into knockout rounds.
  — Graham Dunbar, Star Tribune, 24 May 2021
• The knockout punch, however, came from a sophomore who never played for the late coach.
  — Joseph Arruda, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024