His half-harelip and hair shock my sister, but his relentless enthusiasm for just—I don’t know—living—would knock the fear out of anybody. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, I hear what feels like the last knock at my door, and standing there, on my cracked front porch, is Audrey. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Never mind, you,” he growled, grabbing the man’s shoulder and jerking him so violently his towel was knocked off and a shock of dark hair fell over his face. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I could not even see the sun, and the force of the Harmattan wind almost knocked me over. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I knock and Mother Ermentrude herself opens the door, showing no surprise to see me, though the hour is late. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Somebody slams into my chest and knocks me back into the closet. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She knocked again and called through the door. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

In the corner some dude with a hood over his face is knocked out; either he’s had a really good time or there’s a dead Decker on this train. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The massive disturbances to the ionosphere would knock out communications systems everywhere, so survivors would have no idea what was happening elsewhere or where to turn. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She did, however, manage to trip over his left knee and knock down a pile of comic books stacked by his desk. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Blood was spurting through his fingers, and his helmet had been knocked off. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a knock on the door and an orderly walks in, wearing a surgical cap and a pair of blue latex gloves. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The frozen morning wind was so fierce that it nearly knocked me over. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Spurge raised the staff high above his head to give the gem a mighty knock. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

There was a knock at the back door. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He tried to move away but I crashed into him, my momentum knocking him to the floor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Violently, he jerked his head down, then left and right, as if he were trying to knock something loose from his skull. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, that’s not how we knock people off here. We fry ’em. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knocked her knees against the bucket, bruising them. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They rolled down the stairs, knocking people left and right until they bounced off the bottom step and onto the floor. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

All those nights Henry can’t sleep, just knocking around these endless, impersonal rooms, like a bird trapped in a museum. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But the Eagle never knocked on the bathroom door, and eventually Takumi turned off the shower. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Time to knock out some of this homework. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I knock some of the dirt from his shaggy hair. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The bigger the monster herd got, the more mortals would get pushed aside, knocked into the water, or trampled. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My heart was pounding when I knocked on his office door. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She turns to the door when she hears the knock. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The draccus was . . . cavorting, bounding around like a drunken dog, knocking over trees like a boy would topple cornstalks in a field. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I threw my arms around Diego, accidentally knocking the back of his head with my cast, but I didn’t care because he was here and not in jail and I’d missed him so much. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

His green rasta cap hung from one of his little goat horns, and his fake feet had been knocked off his hooves. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Mr. Poe knocked on the door and stuck his head into the bedroom. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

When they’ve tiptoed out and shut the door, the knock comes again, and I peek out the smaller window beside the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And then, once the time is right, with one abrupt, swift action I’m going to completely knock them out of my life. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He puts my head in an arm lock and gives my scalp a good knock. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t an earthquake or a gust of wind that knocked her to the ground. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth wrapped Franz in a fluffy towel, then braced herself and knocked on the bathroom door three times. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Someone entered the bathroom and knocked at the door of the booth. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby Mackey said I could have his sister and Mr. Benson heard him and took him out to the hallway and knocked him around till he howled. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Old man Ku’oosh left that day, and as soon as he had closed the door Tayo rolled over on his belly and knocked the stalks of Indian tea on the floor. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lola said, “He came up behind me, you see. He knocked me to the ground...and then...he pushed my head back and his hand was over my eyes. I couldn’t actually, I wasn’t able...” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But if you knock then she remembers to open it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe if you hadn’t ducked back there that bat would of knocked some sense into your head.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just thinking about it leaves me so agitated I toss and writhe until Walter tells me to knock it off because I’m keeping him up. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She knocks on doors of churches, orphanages, hospitals. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They bounce around excitedly, asking what it felt like to punch someone and how many times I have knocked someone out. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

"A child sees an obstacle, and his first thought is to run around it or knock it down. A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Rather than hitting flesh, he knocked out of my hand the glass thermos bottle that my friend Mr. Luftig had given me as a parting gift. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I'm not even sure how loud to knock. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was why I thought knocking her into the snow would snap her out of her trance. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

When I get to the Duchess’s room the door is closed, and I knock. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Portia said good-bye to her husband and brother at the gate and knocked on the screen door. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mike knocked on the door, waiting for the “Come in,” before daring to twist the handle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But Beans was in a hurry, trotting through town, checking out Farquar’s usual haunts, knocking on the doors of his friends, calling out his name. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Later, as I was getting dressed for Mass, Enrique knocked on my door. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

By the time I knocked at Cooter’s the idea was set in my head. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Amazed, she dashed outside and tried to knock the crane off its perch. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was why, while Pearl and Mia were eating dinner Tuesday evening, the doorbell rang followed by a frantic knocking. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

J*ne li> It had been four weeks since the asteroid had knocked the moon just a little closer to earth, four weeks of untold devastation and death. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

His mother was outside the door, knocking ferociously, demanding to know what had happened. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Then she fainted against the nearest guard, knocking him over. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

If the bullet has enough energy—if its frequency is high enough—then it knocks the electron free. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Hatsue stood silently with her apron full of kindling while the men mounted the porch and knocked on the door, holding their hats in their hands. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They waited until he was finished and then Sister Rita knocked on the door to get his attention. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The knock was repeated, much louder, but he took no notice. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When your grandmother was sixteen years old a young man knocked on her door. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He lost control and struck her in the face, knocking her against the wall. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dredged a morsel of sadza with relish, lifted it to her mouth—and sprang to her feet, knocking everything to the ground. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shoulder knocks into a raven hanging in the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The car skidded as I turned and the rosary my mom had hung on the rearview mirror knocked against the glass. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She was turning back to the cafeteria when the blast knocked her off her feet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Winifred fired off a pebble from her sling, knocking a ferret clean out of his perch into empty space. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, while I was laying there smoking, somebody knocked on the door. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Pete, Otis, and Diamond Joe speak in hushed voices in the other part of the car, but no one knocks and no one tries the door. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Harry knocked on Hagrid’s door, and Fang’s booming barks answered instantly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He knocked at the door to the sitting room and went in. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The moment she saw Harry, Ginny accidentally knocked her porridge bowl to the floor with a loud clatter. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

"But he knocked the guy out in one round." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy opened her mouth to say something extra mean—what, she hadn’t quite figured out—but she never got the chance because there was a knock at the door. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I knock real gentle and open the door. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He jumped awake, hearing a knock at the door. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The impact knocks the wind out of me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Something whistled and boomed, and the building quaked, knocking me to my knees. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We found a small window in the back with a cracked pane, knocked out one corner of the glass, and climbed through. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

We could not afford a ring and trained on a cement floor, which was particularly dangerous when a boxer was knocked down. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected that one day he might knock on our door, out of the blue. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I looked up in fright, thinking the wind would knock me off my knees. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We can light the fire again. You should have been with us, Ralph. We had a smashing time. The twins got knocked over-" "We hit the pig." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I take Ziggy down to Carlos’s apartment and knock on the door. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Once Sapo and I were running and we knocked a woman down. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I’m not aware of how much time has gone by until Muhammad knocks on the door that’s ajar. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

We have to leave the old lady's place because you never know, the cops might come knocking on each door. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I knocked he probably rushed over to the fireplace and propped himself up. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stayed that way until the bus stopped and the driver knocked on the door. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked again, but there was no answer. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grandfather put Junsoo down and knocked on the door to a large house compound. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The King of England painfully climbed the two hundred and eight steps which led to Merlyn’s tower room, and knocked on the door. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, the odor almost knocks you over, but after a while, you forget there was ever a bad smell. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Just five minutes into Mrs. Hoffman’s class there was a knock on the door. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bullets have torn into Baxter’s chest, spraying red mist everywhere and knocking him onto his back with a hard thud. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There was a knock on the dungeon door. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I knocked on the back door and ran. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

At that moment, my mom knocks and walks in. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

And it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Blood spurted out and knocked the smile off the pale face, but did not stop the man from coming and coming, all the time wiping blood from his face and smearing it on his shirt. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She let herself out of the apartment and hobbled to the back door of the house, lifted her hand to knock, hesitated. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The joy of running and screaming got knocked clean out of me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then Saturday morning rolled around, and we found ourselves shivering on Cletus Underwood’s front porch, knocking to be let in. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was desperately wishing she could go out to the marketplace and look for her friends when there was a knocking on her front gate. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he had only been knocked senseless and that was why he zigzagged so crazily, running for the cabin. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a gate in the fence, and Hazel rushed to it and knocked. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But before he could grab it, Cruz let out a ferocious bark and rammed his body against Barry, almost knocking him down. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You carried oil of vitriol knocking about in a sack? It is infinitely dangerous, my boy.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

And until then . . . well, until then I'll keep taking deep breaths because it feels like the wind got knocked out of me. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

She was staring down at the lavishly decorated fabric, remembering her mother’s deft hands holding the bone needle, when she heard the knock on her door and then heard Jamison come in. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad came knocking, but I didn’t respond, and he drifted away, trying to “give me space.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She spun around, knocking him to the concrete, and shot again, banking the ball off the backboard neatly into the net. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Beggars regularly knocked on her door because they knew she would always help them. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Along late in the afternoon some one knocked on our door. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Dad knocks on the top of my helmet. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I guess that what influenced me to get my first actual apartment was my not wanting Reginald to be knocking around Harlem without anywhere to call “home.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she uses her cane to knock a clump of dried mud off one of his mismatched shoes. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Stop it! Stop it!” cried the manager, poking the walking stick through the bars and knocking the books apart. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

O’Dell knocked over Quentin’s theodolite in his excitement, so we didn’t get an altitude estimate, but it was obvious it hadn’t gone as high as Auk XII. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The floor was stone blocks fitted together, and the walls were a different type of hewn stone, the huge blocks so solid, she couldn’t imagine anything knocking them down. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

A Carver guy knocked it away and it came to me. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he tried to stand, I knocked him back down with my foot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then I went to Mrs. Alexander’s house, which is next door to Mrs. Shears’s house, and I knocked on the door. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked on the door and an elderly, bespectacled black man answered. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Score a goal for me, she says, then shoots a smile that sends you to Jupiter long enough for Don to “accidentally” knock the tray out of your hands and bring you back to earth. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I knocked against another chest and sat heavily down upon it. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

A car zoomed by, knocking the pigeon down. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The pod flew out from under Ron’s fingers and hit the greenhouse glass, rebounding onto the back of Professor Sprout’s head and knocking off her old, patched hat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The wall of molasses crashed into the firehouse, knocking it completely off its foundation. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It was a deafening noise, and those who were not already on the ground were knocked to their knees. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Oh, these people’s minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they’re not like you and me,” said Uncle Vernon, trying to knock in a nail with the piece of fruitcake Aunt Petunia had just brought him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Or would he be crazy and cocky enough just to walk up to the front door and knock? Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“ARGH!” it shouted, spinning around before knocking itself unconscious by running headlong into the wall. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Just because someone knocks on the door doesn’t mean you have to open it. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He stalked up to me and grabbed my handlebars and wrenched them back and forth, trying to knock me off. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

His eye becomes glassy, I knock his head against the wall—”You cow”—I kick him in the ribs—”You swine”—I push him toward the door and shove him out head first. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like so many bullets, the particles slam into air molecules in the upper atmosphere, knocking off fragments that in turn strike other air molecules. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But as the hurricane thrashed and swirled and knocked them around, the crates also began sinking into the depths. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He fell to the ground, his breath completely knocked away. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

And every time I hit that wall, a desperate, choking cry got knocked out of me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When the pep rally ends, I am accidentally knocked down three rows of bleachers. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

But he’s already here, holding a teacup in one hand and ready to knock on the door with his other. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I feel like my feet are heavier than I realized and if the wind blows I won't be knocked over. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I knocked so hard that the door swung open. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“But he’s in seclusion somewhere in a New York hotel tonight. Tomorrow at this time, he might be a millionaire. If you’re listening, Eddie, knock ’em dead, kid! The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I figure if you knock something over you better pick it up. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Vivi knocks her skewer against mine, bringing me out of my reverie. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She heard Thomas’s voice and his knock at her door. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will knock without relenting, for the Bible says that the door shall not remain closed to those who persevere. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She knocks and startles him to attention, and he arrives in the store, still exhaling pot smoke. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Jars clink and crash in the kitchen as they’re knocked from pantry shelves, or fall from overloaded arms. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Our people were stretching out to knock down the fences of segregation. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked to the rear of the house, which looked exactly like the front, and knocked at the door, whose name plate read “THE MIDGET.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He flew to her; his small, warm, hopeful body hit her with a thud that almost knocked her off her feet. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Nobody was hurt, but it sure knocked the pride out of us, and it knocked the air out of the right front tire. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But when I knocked, the person who answered wasn’t him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Nowak knocked on the door and then opened it a crack. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

At Jon’s knock, he came shuffling, a taper in his hand, to open the door a crack. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A young, awkward kid was bragging about how he was going to start the night off by knocking out his opponent. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped the bundled blanket onto the nearest table where it knocked hard against the wood, as if it were full of stones. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She checked her small notebook, then knocked on Armpit’s front door. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I’m not going to visit him, I’m not going to turn up at his house and knock on the door. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man spun around and slapped Alba in the face, a blow that knocked her to the floor. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The conductor scurried off again, to knock at the door where the light was showing. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were huge, cast-bronze church doors, and weren’t exactly built for knocking. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was knocked out right until the plane touched down in Brazil ten hours later. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Then he said, "If a gnat lands on me, it will knock me over." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Later that same night, I knocked at his door and gave him back his money and asked him if I could lend him some. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there’s Aunt Petunia knocking on the door, Harry thought, his heart sinking. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I remember now! He knocked me out. Percy, we have to stop him!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

There was a loud knock, knock, knock on the side of the trailer. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Someone knocked me down; I pushed Brinker over a small slope; someone was trying to tackle me from behind. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She always knocks the beginning of “Wheels on the Bus”: Tap-tap-ta-ta-tap. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The wind had been knocked out of him, and his knees ached where they’d thumped against the hard ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She’ll probably think the reason I got knocked down is because I was drunk. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the second Tuesday night, I had gotten it about down and could say “toads” with a bloodcurdling croak when my mother knocked on my bedroom door. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I like the woodpecker that knocks against the tree outside my window. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The last knock that Anya had heard had been the conscription officer coming to take Papa away four months ago. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It was a knock on the front door. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a loud knock against my bedroom window jolts us both. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

There it was—maybe Derek was just knocked out and would come to in a little while. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was in the process of buttoning my shoes when someone knocked on the door. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Me? I feel like a kid getting knocked down by giant waves.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

So when I sat down in front of her and bumped her desk, knocking one of her pencils on the floor, Shamika leaned over to pick it up, noticing my new and improved sneakers. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Why storm in here and fire those things at us and then knock us all out? Why not just kill us?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I knocked for a long time but nobody heard me.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I almost knocked Roberto off his feet when I jumped on him. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He stumbled backward and knocked over his lamp, which went out at once. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“There’s no shame in making a fuss, you know. You’re awfully brave, but you have taken a bad knock.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At the fence, we watched the cattle mill around, stirring up dust and knocking into the wood. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I went back to the “toads, beetles, bats” until my sister knocked on the door. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It skittered into one of mine, knocking it over. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’m betting he’s at least eighteen, betting he stands alone at parties leaning against walls, knocking back shots while long-legged girls in fire-engine red mini-dresses slink up to him. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

So I knocked him down—I had to—and raced off, and the next thing I heard was this dreadful squealing. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The subway wasn't running, due to an electrical fire that had knocked out half the system. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I knock him down and try to grab his hair to bang his head on the ground but there’s a sharp sting across the backs of my legs and I’m pulled away from him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

There was no one anywhere, come to that—no passing traffic, not a sound but the lazy clank of a metal ring knocking against the flagpole. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Look what we’ve come to,” she would tell him as the June rains threatened to knock the shelter down. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The howling wind ripped apart tents, knocked over trees, and sent barrels flying through the air. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He slapped at his pants, trying to knock out the dust. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

How surprised he was the first time he knocked, and I opened the door! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You must have knocked it over without knowing it. That sort of thing is easy to do." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

A belt buckle knocked against the wood of the porch. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

As I tried to readjust my body, I knocked Dr. Begbie’s clipboard off my lap and into the crook of my left arm. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

If he tried to take too big a step, the current would knock him off his feet and carry him back downstream. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She flung out her right arm and almost knocked him down. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And they always knocking at your door for money.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As I howled, feeling pain shoot through my limbs as the thistles of the brush encountered stubborn callouses, there was a loud knock at the door. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d put myself in my opponent’s place and decide how I’d try to win if I had the other side; and then I’d figure a way to knock down those points. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door stood partially open, and he entered after a quiet knock: on the wood, which drew no reply. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My shout is cut short by a thud that knocks me senseless. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some men looked up, puzzled by the fast irregular knocking sounds that came from up and down the line as arrows hurtled into wood or frozen canvas. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Adam got up quickly and knocked over his cup and went outside and left Lee sitting there. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He knocked, waited a moment, and then spoke quietly to Erik through the door. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m not being polite,” he insisted, “I would like you to have luncheon with me. Even if you had not knocked over that vase so clumsily I should have asked you.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He glared at the crowd and gave the wheel a hard spin that nearly knocked it off its base. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ross called, “Come in,” when April knocked. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

So powerful it nearly knocks me off the bicycle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He did not knock on Andrew Johnson’s door. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I knocked him on the head with a branch. And he was a much better man than poor old Agravaine, even if we have grown rheumaticky since those bright days.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hard-knuckled knock on our front door sent a chill through our household early the next morning. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But it was some time before she knocked and said she was through. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But Balekin shows his decades of experience, wrenching the sword from Cardan’s hands and knocking him to the ground with the crossbar. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We untangle ourselves and are just at the bottom of the stairs when there is a firm knock at the door. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I closed my laptop as soon as I heard a knock on my bedroom door. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He pulls Henry in by the nape of his neck and kisses him hard, Henry’s knee knocking against the center console as his hands move up to Alex’s face. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

What if he should knock me in the head—or worse; he sounded diabolic. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She recovered almost immediately and smacked me so hard she knocked me over. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

That night at bedtime, Mom knocked on my bedroom door, because it was closed. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

My mother knocks on the door, and a tall, sandy-haired man in a white lab coat opens it right away. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When Willis saw what was happening, he snuck up behind Joey and knocked Joey’s arm from underneath. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knocked on his door and asked if he would be kind enough to show her the famous bird. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I push the Talk button on the intercom and say, “Knock, knock.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I punched left and right, nonstop, knocking fetterlings off the ramp or smashing them into the wall. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The winds were smashing windows in New Orleans, knocking down trees and power lines. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The Old Grange on the west side had been knocked down, and its place taken by rows of tarred sheds. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I knock, only to be told by a prim-seeming manservant with flowers braided in his blond beard that the High King has gone to the great hall. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was sound asleep, in fact, knocked out cold in the backseat, his mouth agape, his expression blissful and unworried. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Some time ago William had arrived, offered his usual courteous greetings to the women, and then, instead of taking his place by the fireside, had astounded her by knocking boldly on the company room door. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I open it and knock on the wood. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She would knock down both the two men so they would have shiners and broken noses and would be passed out on the hall floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The boys figured they could knock on doors in town and offer their services. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

When the knock sounded on his door, Reynie was in the midst of a terrible dream. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

This man has come, she thinks, to other doors and not bothered to knock. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He rang the bell and the chambermaid came and knocked at the door. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

But it gave him a fix on where the man was, and he lunged forward and slashed with his stick at the darkness, connecting with something—arm? hand? shoulder?—and knocking the gun away. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There was a knock on the door—Hanako was in her underwear—so she put on her coat and ran to answer. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He’d knocked the feathers in his hair crooked, but otherwise he was unscathed. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

We scurried from car to car, dodging droppings and knocking. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Annie Smith: Before that night I used to hear noise upstairs all the time and report to housing that people were up there—vandalizing it, knocking holes in the wall, and things like that. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I ring the doorbell and they don’t answer so I knock and knock. I can see that woman inside. Peeking out from behind the curtain to check if I go away.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Previously, strangers knocked on Martin’s door with messages concerning routes, and once, news of a confirmed passenger. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The impact knocks us clear off our boards. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Whatever,” I said, flopping on the couch next to Grandma and purposefully knocking a box of lights and tinsel off the corner of the coffee table with my foot. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

A knock on my door jolts me from my thoughts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He has had the bounce knocked out of him since he has been in the trenches and wants to get on good terms with us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Particularly after the final time, which became final because his son jumped up and knocked him back into the radiator. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You ever disappear like that again, you little punk, I’ll knock you into next month!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He started rocking back and forth, gently at first, but then more and more violently so that when he came forward his head knocked against the bare stone of the wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Chet Douglass shouted, throwing himself around my legs, knocking me down. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

An explosion blew in the front windows of the cabin, the shock wave knocking San Martín to the ground.... Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He elbows me in the ribs and I almost fall off my stool, knocking his pen on the floor. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The Lombard had reached around the nephew and struck the elder Jew, knocking him to the ground. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I think that the demoness had been waiting for us, because Father had no sooner knocked once than she opened the door. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped being a person and became something like weather, lifting her body to all its formidable height and, with one blow, knocking the man to the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Until a midday knock startled both of us to our feet. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I knock on the window, and he slowly rolls it down. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Before Harry could reply, there was a soft knock on the door and Madam Pomfrey, the nurse, came bustling in. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Someone bumped into Seven from behind and nearly knocked her into the fountain, which was now lit up with a deep green glow. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Someday I planned to knock it over and see what was inside it. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I have told you, young Todd,” he says, his voice low and monstrous, his Noise glowering at me with a fury so pure it nearly knocks me back. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Cops got a special way of knocking at the door. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“And I will never forgive you for knocking me out!” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I went to the door, which was closed, knocked on it, was told to come in. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had a bad start when the first tree fell, knocking down several smaller trees into Franca’s kitchen area. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Still he knocked, until finally a tiny girl perched on a stool in the fresh-killed meat store said, “Yes?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

For blocks and blocks Roy sat as rigid as a fence post, waiting to be knocked down once more. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But usually I would expect it to knock.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

But the only time I really feel present is when I purposely knock a dish of peas to the floor and, before anyone can stop me, crouch down to clean them up. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I swung the flat of my sword against the first guys head and knocked his helmet clean off. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Twice, Harry had gone to his office and knocked, but received no reply, though on the second occasion he was sure he had heard the quickly stifled sounds of an old gramophone. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The blast almost knocks the air out from my lungs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third wolf was on him, knocking him to the sand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He fumbled around the end table, searching for the flashlight, and knocked over the half-filled glass of water he always kept by his side. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The wind had been knocked out of me, and there was a powerful throbbing in my back, as if I’d been cut in two. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He raised his hand and delivered three sharp knocks. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When he finally does leave, there’s a timid knock on the door. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He went straight to the shower and stood under the spray of the warm water until I knocked on the door and told him that dinner was ready. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It glows like a sun inside my dimly lit bed canopy, and knocks around the night-lantern. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Before I can move, he knocks the wire, which makes the light go off. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

There was a knock on the door and Sim’s head popped in. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t knock so loud unless the apartment is on fire. I am not hard of hearing.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The man knocked my hands from his face and moved back from me—and I cursed myself for my utter stupidity. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The porter rang the bell, then knocked on the door, then he opened the door and went in. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I tell him, “Nothing, nothing, I knocked over a chair by mistake.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a knock on her door, and her dad opened it, letting in the sounds of the Flush holiday album Matthew had been making the family listen to on repeat since Thanksgiving. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Becky balanced the edge of the tray on her hip and knocked on the door on the right side of the front hall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Working in teams, older ones knocked over food stands and tempted vendors to give chase. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I went downstairs with him, and as we were going there was a knock at the hall-door. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

With her great pink snout she rooted affectionately under Taran’s chin and came close to knocking him down. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Steadying her apprehensions with a deep breath, Kira knocked on the heavy door to the room where the Council of Guardians’ meeting was already in progress. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She just about knocked me into one of the outdoor picnic benches. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A knock on the schoolhouse door broke up her dark thoughts—it was unusual for anyone to come in the middle of the day. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As Crean crawled out of his sleeping bag and began wriggling out from under the decking, his shoulder knocked against a pin that held the mast clamp in place. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Cause I might have to knock the rest of them out.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was 6:30 when she knocked, and Nick opened the door. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yellow fangs snapped closed on his throat, but he shook off his old grey cousin as he would a rat, then charged after him, knocked him down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I feel wicked sleeping in a warm bed, while somewhere out there my dearest friends are dropping from exhaustion or being knocked to the ground. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Every time he passed by the hooks where they hung jackets to dry, he knocked Cole’s jacket to the floor. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He pushes back from the table, his chair knocking backward to the ground. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

This time the knock on the door was sharp and impatient. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I’m caught, for a moment, between going against my every instinct and knocking on that door, and turning away. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shot off, nearly knocking me to the ground, but I righted myself as she flew down into the riverbed. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, Wasp floored the accelerator and rode up on the curb, screeching around another comer, and knocking over a newspaper box. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Had the panther knocked him out of the tree? I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

He knocked the blade aside and buried the axe in the nape of the man's neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Choosing the former, I climbed up to his small attic room at the top of the servants' wing early one morning and knocked gently. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked on the little window in the classroom door, waving my paper. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I ask, wondering if I need to knock some skulls together. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

By now she recognized the knock and never knew if she was eager or angry when she heard it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept running and was knocked over by some travelers rushing to catch their train. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

As she said that, there came a knock on the door. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Stretchers and wheelchairs were beached here and there against the hissing, knocking pipes that ran and branched in an intricate nervous system along the glittering walls. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He leans back in his chair and opens his mouth to say something, but just as he does, someone knocks on the solid oak door. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I climbed out, I stood up and slammed my helmet into the roof so hard it almost knocked me to my knees. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Around the next corner, they were nearly knocked down by a group of people running in the opposite direction. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

If I hadn’t jumped out of the way, his shoulder would have knocked into mine and sent me stumbling back. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She threw her wreath with such force it knocked Percy’s sword from his grip. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Radar shone his flashlight in the direction of the Troll Hole but Ben knocked it down forcefully. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I walked up to the door of the Quonset hut and knocked. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A neighbor knocked on the door and came in with a plastic container of aku, anara leaves, and red peppers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was searching for more ingredients and cupcake inspiration pictures on my computer when Grandma knocked on my bedroom door and peeked inside. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He woke at dawn to the sound of falling rain and the timid knock of a serving man anxious to learn how his new lord would break his fast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Leo knocks on our door almost daily, claiming he has a question for the Doctorita about schoolwork. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had knocked some of it down and Peewee was trying to get it to stand up. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the guitar transitions to a choppy “What so proudly we hailed—” something knocks into the backs of my legs. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Taking a deep breath, I knock, the sound of my knuckles reverberating off the worn wood. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She knocked the pole away and shook her head to clear it, and Lazlo saw... Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The cop told him to knock it off and said that the girl was to go and he was to stay in his room and wait to be summoned to the police station. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He would have knocked me down if I hadn’t jumped out of his way. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The city was constantly changing—day by day, old buildings were being knocked down to make room for newer ones and a labyrinth of streetcar rails was being laid. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was so knocked out by this bourgie dude asking for crack that I slept the real deal. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

We exploded on the surface, in the middle of the Santa Monica Bay, knocking a surfer off his board with an indignant, “Dude!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I walk around the room eating goose liver and puffy bread until there's a knock on the door. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But in the fourth round, out of nowhere, Schmeling landed a hard right to the temple that knocked Louis to a sitting position on the floor. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was eerie, watching it, and I thought then of chairs running, their four legs knocking together, of water being held in a basket, of human forms climbing out of ant holes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I am breathing hard, and I should have waited to knock so I could catch my breath, but No, I think, I’m in too much of a hurry. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I decided to go directly to my teacher, who was preparing for class when I knocked on the door. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

My mother knocked on the door, said my name. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When four o’clock comes, I’m knocking on Char’s door. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The stake was knocked out of my hand, into the pond. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Burnside mats down his gray combover and knocks four times, then a fifth, because he’s obnoxious like that. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He would call for Pax at the spot where he’d left him, and Pax would come bursting out of the woods and probably knock him down in his happiness. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Not that his father felt like he had to knock to go anywhere he wanted in the house. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The wind had knocked off his caracul hat and everyone had laughed, then stood and clapped when he’d delivered his speech. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Too Bad answered the door on the first knock. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He told Henry, not me. I’m afraid I don’t know the details. Apparently he had the key and you remember how he used to barge in without knocking—Come now,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I staggered back, knocking my head on my bunk. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He ran into my building, almost knocking my dad over as he was racing out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Her brow furrows, and she knocks her fist on her forehead like she’s trying to jar something loose. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He still knocked, thinking maybe she was asleep. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

For three hours we move through the streets of Nicholtown, knocking on strangers' doors, hoping to convert them into Sisters and Brothers and children of God. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I’m about to open the door when I stop and knock. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

A light wind could probably knock him down and shatter his bones. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I instinctively jab back with my elbow to knock the wind out of the fool who thinks he can take liberties. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The driver was the one who got out of the car, who knocked on the door, who spoke to Rasheed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The messenger the Shaper’s attendant has sent goes up to the door and has hardly knocked once when the door opens inward and the lady appears, staring through him. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Rishi knocked on her door at seven, Dimple wasn’t even nervous. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He stops at the curb and sits down, straight reckless, probably waiting for a car to knock him out of his misery. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“No more dawdling!” the servant woman cried, and almost knocked Celaena off her feet as she pushed her out the doorway and slammed it shut. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Just before she reached it, she stumbled, knocking over the opponent who stood in her way. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was a knock on the door before he could reply, and Brother Louis came in with two glasses of chocolatl on a wooden tray. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The wives pushed up against the sawhorses and then knocked them over to get at their men. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

James knocked, and the bucket lowered back to her window. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They had just arrived at his office when there was a knock on the half-open door. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

More people than had knocked her down came to her aid, a laborer and a girl with a pram, and a kiddie and two women with shopping baskets. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Two loud knocks at the front door startle us. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The mimosa branch knocks against the window and I jump, burn my thumb. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Three more had been knocked over by a tail swipe, and the leader was swinging his billy club uselessly at the tallest raptor. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I felt as if I’d had the wind knocked out of me and I knew that I wouldn’t have time to get it back before they’d be gone. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lightning came, took the tree, then Derek, the radio, him—and they were all knocked down and out. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the matron knocked on the door the second time, Aureliano left the room without having done anything, troubled by a desire to weep. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Ron and Hermione looked bewildered but impressed as they followed him across the little landing and knocked upon the door opposite Bill and Fleur’s. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The chopper I was trying to get on dipped down and almost knocked me off. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the wind began to moan, causing branches to stir and trees to creak and knock one upon one another. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Tyson bounded across the room and gave Poseidon a big hug, which almost knocked off his fishing hat. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Orr got knocked down into the water again last week on that second mission to Avignon. Maybe he’s unhappy enough to kill him.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She knocked softly and her mom said, “Come on in, honey.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Then the two of them knocked knuckles and chanted the lyrics to their favorite classic-rock tune: “We are the champions, my friend....” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

One of the policemen said, “Old woman, you’ll have to get out of here. You’re liable to get knocked down when we take him through the door.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think he’s been knocked out,” Ron said to Harry. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She entered without knocking and climbed into his bed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the school of hard knocks where I had become a Master of Dodging, I had also learned to feign injury, as a way of lessening the severity of a beating. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I saw her body flinch—the blows knocked her head aside as though she’d been thumped in the face. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The glass of mead was now knocking quite insistently on the side of Vernon’s head; he attempted to beat it away. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

You could get mugged or beaten up if you strayed down an alley, or knocked on the wrong door. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which meant, like it or not, that I was going to have to knock. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Instead of giving her a good hard crack across that ugly face of hers to knock the blinders from her eyes, he would find himself squeezing her shoulder or giving her a hug. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“He stay for ravioli, or I knock him on the head.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

The entire team was punished heavily, too—knocked down to the bottom of the rankings and stripped of their top two players. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Layla asked, but before Ivy could think of how to answer, someone knocked on the door. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I tried to stop and pick him up but the surge of the crowd knocked me forward. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Sargon raised his paw and cuffed Mr. Georgiou lightly, like he was playing with a mouse, knocking the poor guy out cold. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Franz, who now realized that knocking Isa over was one of his poorer decisions of the year, retreated slowly to Hyacinth, who stood in the bathroom doorway, still dripping. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

"Are you in here?” she whispered outside the door, "are you in here?” and knocked, pounding with her fists. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The shock wave of the launch knocked him down, and he got up, howling, and ran to the blockhouse and leapt behind it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

That handle was now knocking against my mind, like an angry fist on a wooden door. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

At seven o’clock that night, I knocked on his door. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Seconds later, a knock comes at my door. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I almost knock, but something about this door...I step back away from it and go down the short front steps. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The skilled orator is out not necessarily to knock down his opponent’s case tout court—but to misrepresent his opponent’s case in such a way as to make it easier to attack. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Thinks he’s something special today, doesn’t he?” said a snide voice, and Harry was nearly knocked off his broom as Harper collided with him hard and deliberately. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Maybe knock down a bunch of pills. Gas the car up while it’s still in the garage and take a snooze. Something that wasn’t all messy.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

For a second, I think Mikey might knock his fist into my teeth. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I draw my Stun Stick but Dylan knocks it out of my hand. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He went flying into the bar, knocking over a couple of glasses. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And when I look up again, the air is knocked out of Heidi’s lungs, such is the type of hug Mom is giving her. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

But a moment later, he howls, knocking it off. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The lulling movement, combined with the heat, had knocked him out like a prizefighter’s punch. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the pregnancy advanced they were becoming a single being, they were becoming more and more integrated in the solitude of a house that needed only one last breath to be knocked down. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I knocked twice and then put my hand back on the branch. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A little while later, someone else comes in and knocks on the door of my stall. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I say, losing my balance and knocking a bunch of Greyhound pamphlets to the floor. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Stone walked to the door, knocked on it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

They knew not to open the door unless they heard her secret knock, and they never put the kerosene lamps near a curtain or blanket. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Put your teeth back in your head, boy, 'fore I knock ’em out,” the stockier cop said. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. van D. was already standing beside her bed with her knees knocking when the boom came. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The door opens right as I'm about to knock. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But the force of the gunshot knocked me down, so I had to have been hit with something. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ernie had run over to check on him and when he saw the coin, most of the snow knocked off, he commenced to karatisizing Down the Street Donnie, all the way...down the street. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The hurt knocked all the air from my lungs, and I choked, convinced the two of us were about to drown. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I knocked on the door next to mine. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I pushed the curtains open, and there was Norton holding a large white pig, which he brought down suddenly on a table edge, knocking its head off. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He plucked a biplane from its string and swept it across the battlefield, making airplane engine noises as he knocked down little German soldiers. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He moved his hand and knocked his glass of water over. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth’s broom knocks Mama’s tote bag with a loud thump, and I jump. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I’m clogged with the memory of Mary’s heartbeat and the knocking on the door. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Terry leans with her ear against it for a moment and knocks softly. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She knocked on it, but her first knock made the door swing open, and Coraline went in. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Somebody knocked the daylights out of you,” she said, and a moment later she was humming “Oh! Susanna” at that same frantic speed she’d hummed it before. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

An hour after Brian’s frantic dive-bomb out the window, there’s a knock at my bedroom door. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

On the afternoon before he left, my grandfather knocked on my bedroom door and said he wanted to go fishing. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he knows he got knocked out cold and dragged to the car. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mostly he shouts, “Praise be!” while the back of his hand knocks you flat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He mounted the steps to the door and knocked timidly; there was no answer. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you saw the video, and it’s all crazy. I want to knock on every door and steal every phone, and shout at everyone in the face.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if I would be like the Tin Man in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: If you knocked on my head, would it ring like a gong? Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The blast knocked several people over, and cries of fear and pain filled the air. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Cal sensed this, and it gave him the instrument to knock down her anthill. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s enough with the knocking,” said a deep voice, quite close. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the wind is knocked out of me as a pair of strong arms wrap around my waist and drag me back toward the alley. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“No. I hit him with a stick—knocked him out. Let me sleep.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I stumbled through the humid darkness, knocking into trees, blind as a hunted animal. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe something in his head got knocked loose in that gang fight. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

James knocked, and the bucket lowered back to her window. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And he knocked on the glass until they went away. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He is on all fours now and following their orders when a hard-booted foot kicks him in the stomach, knocking his breath away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

People began knocking on the windows, and then on the boot and the bonnet. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so excited that my flower exploded, the petals bursting through the wires like thick tentacles, knocking my sisters' cages to the floor, and stretching between us like an octopus creature. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He had knocked on our apartment door only minutes after Arturo had left. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Hannah jumped at the unexpected knock, then a small hope suddenly warmed her. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s footsteps echoed through our tiny apartment, and then soft knocking sounded on my door. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have the stomach to go over and rescue him, and I looked away; but just then a toddler—fleeing his grinning, jug-eared brother—slid into my legs and almost knocked me down. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Alex killed a couple of hours knocking a few balls around on his uncle’s snooker table—and then felt vaguely guilty when Jack caught him at it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He wanted to knock her out of his way and bolt from the room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Three men in dark suits knock on the door of a modest house in Dearborn, Michigan. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

A spray of the dog’s slobber splashed on my face and I hit the ground hard, knocking my breathing right out of me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Get out of here before I start knocking every freckle off your face.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otto was particularly under the weather that day, so I left him in the care of Mama Marie-France, knocked out by cough syrup, snoring under a tree. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

People up to a thousand miles away would be knocked off their feet and sliced or clobbered by a blizzard of flying projectiles. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Keys are power. Some of us have to come knocking.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then, there was a knock at my door. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Big as your arms is, it wouldn’t take much for you to knock down a small tree with one swing, would it?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He’s knocking and knocking at our front door, but no one can hear him for all the party noise inside. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

When they knocked on the door of the gamekeeper’s hut an hour later, they were surprised to see that all the curtains were closed. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She paused in knocking her egg against the counter to break it and waved at him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Now, he comes to my shoulder and looks as if a stiff wind could knock him into the grave. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But just as her pencil makes contact with the page, knock, thud, knock. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where he knocked on a door and never even entered the residence.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I was brought back to reality by an almost thunderous knocking on my kitchen door. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, well, excuse me for feeling any opposition to you waltzing into my room without knocking and suggesting that I adapt to your uninvited presence.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I'm spurred on by fear, trying to apologize as I knock into shoulders and purses and small children. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

On the morning of the sixth day since Shinae had deserted them, there was a loud knocking on their front gate. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The force of it seemed almost to knock him clear of the floor. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Meggie still had the taste of the ice cream in her mouth as they knocked on the door of Fenoglio’s house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"How dare you suggest a thing like that! Speak up, Miss Honey! You must have seen everything! Who knocked over my glass?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched, his leg ever so slightly and accidentally knocked over one of the whiskey bottles with a crash. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t chew this up and swallow it, I’ll knock you out and force it down your throat!” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I bet gunshots sound like knocks on the door, which is a scary thought. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And then there is a knock at the door that scares me out of my wits. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Only seven people answered when I knocked on their doors.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

They caught up with the old woman, knocked her down, and broke all her bones. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening I went round to Mrs. Shears’s house and knocked on the door and waited for her to answer it. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We really knocked it out of the park. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

When he stumbled from the table, he knocked a flagon from the hands of a serving girl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was a knock on the door and when Mami opened it, Francisco stood in the hall, a shy smile on his lips. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The impact knocks the wind out of me and I wheeze, struggling to breathe again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

One of the guards knocked into her on the stair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He dragged himself to the kitchenette and knocked around until he came up with a lighter. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He sat down and began striking them together with a hollow knock. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“I was born on Halloween, and until I was eight years old my parents had me convinced that the candy people gave out when I knocked on their doors was birthday presents.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

There’s a knock at the Clohessys’ door and it’s Mam holding my little brother, Michael, by the hand, and Guard Dennehy, who is in charge of school attendance. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She used the handle of the broom she’d found in the kitchen to repeat the knock on the ceiling before sending the note up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Add that to all the chive, dillweed, and lemon balm growing around the porch and the smell could knock you over. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The student leaped up to face him, knocking his chair to the floor. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, someone knocked on the door. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rickety metal staircase was bolted to the side of the stack, but it shook and knocked against the scaffolding, so I couldn’t use it without announcing my presence. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

George had suffered brain damage in a car accident that knocked him unconscious late one night in Houston, Texas. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When we got there Ma pushed me forward onto the stoop to knock. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He knocked on Lydia’s door, his heart racing. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said after careful consideration, “when you knock on somebody’s door in Africa—they don’t give you candy.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Late the next morning I woke with an unpleasant start to a knock at my door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But it was only a short nap because before I knew it, Spoony was knocking on my door. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Right after you left, she knocked the devil out of a field hand who was runnin’ you down.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the bed, spent from the outburst, knocked out by one question. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Lightning split the air near me, and—krakoom!—the thunder knocked me down. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just when you’re getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I hear she is a decent girl, hardworking and kind. But no khastegars, no suitors, have knocked on the general’s door since.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sud-denly there was a knock on the window, the door was wrenched open, and a man slipped into the seat beside me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knock and it takes a while, but finally the door opens. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was so worried that I didn’t even knock, just slipped inside. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he wagged his tail so hard that he knocked some oranges off a display, and they went rolling everywhere, mixing in with the tomatoes and onions and green peppers. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even the thought scared him Could the eagle have hurt Ghost, or knocked him off the precipice? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Jesse looked deflated, resigned, as if the wind had suddenly been knocked out of him after days of intense focus on the trip. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d then knock the first wedge loose and move it up in front of the second one. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glaring at me, he rushed to the cannon, knocking it askew in his haste, and thrust the touchwood against the fuse. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’d wake up shouting three or four times a night, once so bad his grandma knocked on his door to see if he was all right. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

But she still hadn’t finished them when the Navy came knocking on her door in the autumn of 1922. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A tiny hammer, the one that always knocks on the back of my throat whenever I need to cry, knocking away! Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I stand up so quickly, I almost knock over my stool. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When someone did knock the next morning, it was Dr. Becker. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

One of the gold cloaks knocked the man off his feet, but he continued to shout. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The echoes of the homage had not died down when Úrsula knocked at the workshop door. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

An entire phalanx of Cyclopes charged forward, knocking smaller monsters out of the way. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I am not sure now if I ever proceeded to knock; it is quite possible, given the alarming nature of what I heard, that I judged it best to withdraw altogether. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Phoebe tapped on them with the butt of her knife - a complicated series of knocks like Morse code. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In panic he raised himself to his knees and tried to fling off and away his terrible fingers, but succeeded only in knocking the nurse into the next bed. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“One of these days, you idiots will learn to watch where you step and quit knocking things over. Everyone will remain calm and escort the animals outside in single file.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The girl had accidentally knocked over a pot of boiling potatoes and was badly scalded, and Generose, too poor to afford a ride to a hospital, was left to wrap her daughter’s burns with leaves. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Fear comes with the dark when you’re lying still, waiting for the knock on the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It started with Miles, knocking him slightly backward, seeming to ripple through every last inch of him. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When we get to the fourth floor, we knock on the door for 4E. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

With a sweep of his arm Henry knocked it away and it fell on the floor with a loud crack, batteries rolling in all directions. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Anya knocked on the door and waited for a few seconds before pushing the door open gently. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

One dog knocked him to the ground, and a second bit Kyra on the leg as she scrambled up a hillside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The knock came again, more insistent this time. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And, quite suddenly, he missed the Bog with an intensity that nearly knocked him to his knees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The other tried to grab Tyson, but Tyson knocked him into a pile of luggage and roared at Luke. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Stand back. No, further back. If anyone goes within ten paces of either of the children, I will knock out his brains.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

But when I knock on his door, his mom opens and says that he’s in the shower. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I dove under my heavy purple bedcovers, knocking the row of carefully arranged stuffed animals to the ground. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, he heard a loud knock on his door. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you’re very funny, Short. A regular riot. I thought the Hamburg incident might have knocked some of the cockiness out of you. If I were you, I’d concentrate on the job in hand.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He knocked knuckles with his pals and headed to homeroom. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning Gold walked to the address given to him by Anatoly Yatzkov, entered the building, walked up to the second floor apartment, and knocked. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The least I could have done was give her a break after knocking her up and marrying her so young. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I reached out and knocked on the corner of the screen door. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Good,” I say, knocking a few things off his shelves. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

They knocked together, and a bird sang nearby. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She raised up her hand, and we knocked knuckles together. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shoulder hit the angel’s, and knocked Balthamos off balance; and in throwing out a hand to save himself, the angel let go of the insect dæmon. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I knock on two doors where there are signs in the window, but no one is willing to let me move in before I do my paperwork. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’m afraid that those heads will get knocked off by trucks in the opposite lanes. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was the winter afternoon years ago when I’d come in to find Gram looking out the window at the snow, and she’d been angry at me for not knocking. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But I gritted my teeth and went at it so I could knock off and go home early. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Agent Fiona gives the transparent wall three knocks and Bigfoot is led away grumbling. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Henry knocked on the wooden door of the Quonset hut. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The table clipped her backpack, knocking the gas tank clean off. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

So he came home to try to knock down Portuguese rule on his own and create a people’s Angola. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can see you haven’t improved since I last saw you. I hoped school would knock some manners into you.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The box came down, and Zeitoun leapt out of the way before it knocked the tent flat and sent plastic bottles bouncing everywhere. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Five hundred gallons of water struck me like a great fist, knocking me back a step and soaking me through to the skin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I walked all around the space, being careful not to knock anything over. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When they had driven away, I knocked at Phoebe’s door, but there was no answer. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

This worked for a long time until, one morning, Mama knocked on my bedroom door. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Hair grew on this story until the bears were wide awake and the ex-boxer was using his deadly left hook to knock all five unconscious. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was beyond me to weigh such matters, when my doorstep harbored snakes that could knock a child dead by spitting in her eyes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

More logs knocked him closer and closer to the falls. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I got knocked down on my face again. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The cricket jumped up and knocked against the bell. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a knock sounded at the door and I sprang up, my heart tense. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. He won the right to knock in my skull with a sledge.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Just the effort of lifting his arm to knock exhausted him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few moments later, Baba knocked on my door. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And when I hit the water the bottle knocked the wind clear out of me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I was jolted awake by shouts and thunderous knocks. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knocked politely on the peeling door, then entered. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They fought their way into the dining room, and he knocked her to the floor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

That night Dad knocks on my door as I’m about to switch off my lamp. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I saw Catherine and knocked on the window. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I picked up the pipe and knocked all the tobacco out of it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her office hours were over, so I walked around back and knocked on her door. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the front door, I pause to knock the wet stuff from my shoes before I go in. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the grey suit lifts his hand to knock again, but then lowers it and walks away instead. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Thorn stood so close behind Seven, she kept knocking into her rucksack, but Seven didn’t have the heart to tell her to get away. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

As I climbed into bed, they told me if someone from the Klan knocked on the door, I should not come out. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We haven’t said a word to each other since I knocked his tooth out. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, from the top of the bank, Buckthorn flung himself headlong into the scuffle, knocked one of the guards flying with a kick from his back legs and then closed with the other. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then there was a knock on the door. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

When I knocked on the door of her apartment, Aunt Betts opened the door, saw who I was, and slammed the door in my face. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked to her parents’ room, where she knew her dad was sewing holes in his socks using mending spells, and knocked. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

James claims that if I knock it out of the park, a big contract is as good as mine. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A catastrophic earthquake razed Cahokia in the beginning of the thirteenth century, knocking down the entire western side of Monks Mound. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I must have gone headfirst into a tree and knocked myself out. I woke up in town this morning. “That’s the other reason I needed to come back,” she said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I brought in a ten-inch rainbow trout and skidded him up on the grass and knocked him on the head. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He is as tall as Griff now. Three days ago he knocked Duck into a horse trough.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But he deflected, and though she spun and tried to knock him in his stomach, he blocked her again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She knocks on her leg with a solid clunk, clunk. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Arm jerked back so abruptly, he knocked over a pitcher of water on the table. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I step out of the closet just as there’s a knock on my bedroom door. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The knock on my door shortly after Mr. Hale made his rounds on Friday after lights-out surprised me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I shifted my weight from side to side and clapped the edges of my sneakers together, knocking the wet sand off. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

That night there was a knock on my door. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Alfred took a step backwards, nearly knocking over an old wooden chair. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the night before the race, a coach from Notre Dame knocked on Louie’s hotel room door, a grave expression on his face. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I smell a thief!” he shouts, casting around him, knocking over a tankard of dark brown beer, his warty nose sniffing the air. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Before Dad could respond, the garage attendant knocked on the car window. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Ulbrickson’s effort to knock the sophomores down a peg or two had mixed results. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I had the breath knocked out of me for a moment. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The following morning when Dad knocked on my door, I was still undressed. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He learned the technique of shaving with broken glass, of judging a house before knocking to ask for a handout. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The house had four entrances, and when, after repeated knockings, there was no response at this one, she moved on to the next—that of Mr. Clutter’s office. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood on the doorstep, afraid for a moment to knock, because something was up, something was wrong, because they wouldn’t let her talk to him, because she’d let Jack be led off. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

After a minute, there’s a knock on the door, and Fina opens it to reveal Ruby. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“They saw you knocking him down. They saw you pushing him over a table. They saw you banging his head against the floor.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Montana knocked her knees together and yanked down the hem of her skirt. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

While we were running away from the area, another Land Rover full of more armed men arrived, and they began firing and knocking people’s heads with the butts of their guns. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Like pipes his nostrils jetted crimson runnels, a river of mortal red, and one last kick upset his table knocking the bread and meat to soak in dusty blood. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out on the lawn, Bunny had just knocked Henry’s ball about seventy feet outside the court. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As Cecilia moved the jam jar of harebells to one side where it could not be knocked over, she exchanged a look with Robbie. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was just getting up the next morning when Daddy knocked on my door. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She was gone long enough that Toby got dressed and thought about knocking to make sure she was okay. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Everything in me was charging me to get up, run after him, and knock him down in the way I couldn’t have the night before. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Not that it did anything to knock his title of The Most Attractive Person I Had Ever Seen. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"I knocked him down and I kicked him in the balls, and I kept kicking him there until he. was dead," Hot Pie boasted. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even injured, he could knock her into the water without losing his footing or doing her any real harm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

MAJA! but no answer, and Tío Pepe was trying to drag her back inside, while also hurrying into his dressing gown as there was now loud knocking downstairs at the front door. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

It cracked like a whip knocking the sword from Henry’s hand. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He knocked the ice out of her hand into the dirt and shoved us both into the car. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It landed squarely on top of his head and sent him tumbling backward down the ladder, in the process knocking Jillson down as well. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

At that point, there came a loud knock on the front door. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Richardson opened the shared side door and entered without knocking. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I knock on his door, hear his voice, adjust my face, go in. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he pondered this, he heard footsteps in the hall, followed by a timid knock at the half-open door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We have to make sure that they don’t knock the whole place over,” he said, referring to the Communists. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Just as I’m about to hit refresh yet again, there’s a knock on my door and Barb pops her head in. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

George looked up, but all she could see was the heavy stage curtain, which enveloped her in a stuffy darkness before knocking her off the ladder. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon, he come a trompin’ again, and then he knock. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I was reading when three black guys from the Muslim Brotherhood knocked on my door. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“So you don’t think you need to knock?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mark’s breath was knocked out of him as his attacker tried to pin him down.Then the man was whacked in the shoulder by Alec’s sledgehammer and was sent flying. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Just headlocked him, flipped him pretty hard, knocked the wind out of him. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The only thing that was out of place was the troll’s leg umbrella stand, which was lying on its side as if Tonks had just knocked it over again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was a knock at the front door, and Mother went to answer it. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

People let out startled shouts as the man shoves them aside—he knocks a camera-clicking tourist flat on her back. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

No one knocked on the door and dragged us off to jail. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want them pulling up in front of Madeline’s house and knocking on her door. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Got the wind knocked all the way out and it takes awhile to get it back, a little at a time. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped from where I was and rushed over everyone, knocking down desks and chairs and columns. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

They yelled obscenities, pinched and groped the women, and used canes to knock off the women’s hats. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He knocks my father off balance, and the door swings open. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

No sooner had Jasper Jr. knocked me to the ground than I heard Bull cut loose with a spine-chilling wail. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Two more knocks, then a light rapping of the knuckles, like a message in Morse code. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ron stood up so quickly he knocked Crookshanks’s basket to the floor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Upon reaching the church, I knocked on the door to the priest’s room. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mini started knocking her head against the doorframe. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then there’s a shy knock at the door. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

There was a knock on the open door. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

This theory means he must either have wanted to run away or was perhaps knocked on the head and somehow forgot about us. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only after the war that I found out who had knocked that night. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll get a bad cold. Would you like a hot rum? That will knock it out of you.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I fell into a tormented half-dreaming state from which I woke, several hours later, to a soft knock. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I knocked Backbiter out of Luke’s hand, and it spun into the hearth. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

We just never had any Black Panthers marching down Herkimer Street, knocking on our door demanding that we give to the cause or calling us some kind of Sister name we had never heard of. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Holyoke chuckled and then scowled when a knock came on the door. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was anxious that he might miss her visit, as though his dreams were a door she might even now be knocking on, and finding no one at home. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Nurse Cramer cracked him in the face so hard she almost knocked him down. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Cathy came upstairs to see me, she knocked softly on my door and opened it a fraction. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was starting to compose his reply when a knock startled him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Eventually the water gets cold, and since Eve already ignored both Zack’s and Beth’s knocks, I reluctantly drain the water and towel off. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was five to eleven when she knocked at Elinor's bedroom door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then she went along the corridor and knocked on Thomas’s door. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guest room door is half open, but Hina knocks anyway before coming in. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Go knock on the door,” I told him. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hagrid raised a gigantic fist and knocked three times on the castle door. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I felt uncomfortable knocking on my aunt’s door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The shock of the impact blew out the store windows beside him and knocked him off his feet. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“No tick, no knock. Nothing like that,” Mom said. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I had become frustrated, embittered and disillusioned about knocking at doors of opportunity, which seemed to shut more the harder and more persistently I knocked. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

His words knocked against my chest like knuckles. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Three songs later, there’s a knock on my door. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t knock on the wood of the bench, and she doesn’t say it with a laugh. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As I was rewinding the tape, somebody knocked on the front door. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

When she finally knocked, the door opened instantly. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He knows something’s up, like when Feather could tell we were going to have that one, famous Pittsburgh tornado, and kept knocking Mom’s Sleepless in Seattle commemorative plates off the wall with his tail. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I knock Ronan with my shoulder and point at Henry, who’s scooping up a cat with three white legs and one black one. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I would get out of the car, make the long walk to his house, knock on his door, and recite everything my sister had directed me to say. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She knocks quietly at the only door and waits, eyes even brighter than before. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Victarion gave her the back of his good hand and knocked her to the deck. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A woman lost her foot when a surging crowd knocked her from a train platform. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She threw my arm from her shoulders, knocked my face from her hair and scrambled to her feet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The girls were busy watching television and Seema and I were getting settled at the table to go over her notes for the day's geography lesson when my mother’s friends knocked at the door. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was breathing steadily, but two knocks on the skull in two days couldn’t have been good for him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Hopefully by then, he’d be less inclined to knock their heads together. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The next night, just before curfew, Ollie knocks on my door. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I told my parents that it didn’t matter to me if they found a live Stegosaurus knocking down telephone poles with its spiky tail, much less the droppings of a long-dead one. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Know what I think? I think you’re a big—” “Abbey, knock it off,” I said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sometime during the night the hyena began snarling and the zebra barking and squealing, and I heard a repeated knocking sound. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We knocked on doors in the Cabrini-Green housing project, went to community meetings, and canvassed programs that worked with single mothers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I flew at her and grabbed her around her tiny middle, almost knocking her down. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then we went up the back steps and knocked at the door. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this time, my folks were knocked out. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I bet she wished she could knock the thing down. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

One night Lee, tapping away at his typewriter, heard a quiet knock on his door and let Cal in. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Valley reached for the lion-head-shaped knocker, but before she could knock, the door creaked open on its own. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She’d been in the nook for four months and made noise before, knocking her head against the roof or her knee against a rafter. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A vial this size could knock Peeta out for a full day, but what good is that? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Somehow Tyson, who was so clumsy he knocked over lab equipment and broke playground structures on a regular basis, had caught two fiery metal balls speeding toward him at a zillion miles an hour. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

After classes, I walked over to Lara’s room and knocked, and then she stood in the doorway, looking like, What? Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Jon knocked his sword from his fingers with a slash to his wrist that brought a cry of pain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I even knocked out my homework and studied for tomorrow’s test this afternoon so I can stay out until nine. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

His fists came down toward Luke's head—a double overhead blow that would’ve knocked a hole in titanium—but the bear twins intercepted. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He drank off the last of his beer and knocked the empty mug down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When she didn’t listen, he wrenched her to the side hard, knocking her against the side of the car. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning two FBI men in fedora hats and trench coats—like out of a thirties movie—knocked on Woody’s door, and when they left, Papa was between them. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and knocked on the door. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He stepped carefully to the opening and knocked out the remaining shards with a stick. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knock on the window startled me enough that I nearly bit my tongue clean off. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her own body suddenly became her enemy and she went down, hitting her head hard enough on the ground to knock her out. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s not Delphine’s fault she knocked the white man’s newspaper down.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It wasn't long after it was knocked down that the apartment complex built a playground where it used to be. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I’ve been hurt—had my hand stepped on, had the wind knocked out of me—and someone had to fill in for me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think Aretha does, too. And Robin can practice batting without knocking anything over.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

One hard shot to the head and Al will knock him out cold. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The Hobo Ghosts and Wino Ghosts took peaches off our trees and drank from the hose when nobody answered their knocks. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early the next morning, before I left for Greek, Judy knocked at my door and told me I had a call downstairs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Only one person knock on my door like that, everbody else just come on in. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“If you merry minstrels want to knock off, you can,” says Mr. Van Deusen. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

When Zu reached over to knock back the hood of the girl’s “Virginia Is for Lovers” sweatshirt, she revealed a long, glossy black braid. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

One evening as I stoked this memory like a fire against November’s chill, a knock sounded at my door. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I’m so invested in his story that I forget about the recording and almost knock my phone over. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

A knock comes at the door, and on the Commandant's command, two legionnaires enter and salute. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

If I were to face that fact, possibly I could move on with my life, maybe learn a trade and take pride in my ability to shingle roofs or knock the dents out of cars. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I have to knock several times before he answers, scowling, as if he’s certain I’ve brought bad news. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could see Papa knock, and his tapping sound drifted out into the night followed by the whine of a hinge from the opening door. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mother knocked, then stood back from the door and smoothed her hair. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

One day I knocked on the back door. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

They ransacked the house and shouted, knocking over cabinets and upending furniture. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I barely cleared my throat. Just warmed them up for you. Go knock them dead.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Someone leaps down from the second floor, lunges for me, and knocks both of us into the shadows. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

They turned, their faces like blanched meat, streaming sweat; he beat their heads, knocking off their helmets and bringing them down on themselves. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

At twenty past nine, there was a knock at the door, and she opened it at once and let in the man who was waiting outside in the rain. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Every knock at the door meant the police were here to arrest the guy who’d bombed a basketball game with the weight of the world. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

When she started in on it a third time, Beverly told her to knock it off. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Then I knock a third time, but more tentatively, because maybe this isn’t a good idea. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He landed in a pile about twenty feet away from the boys, the camera knocked from his grip. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Even the finest engine has a few knocks at first.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“So I keep on knocking and ringing. Sooner or later she have to come out and then I can talk to her.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The bird knocked its head against a wooden banister. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mom comes into my room without knocking, like always. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It’s funny—life deals me these punches, and I always get knocked down. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I hadn't built on it, of course. But it was a bit of a knock. Oh well, luck's luck! Cyril's a nice kid. I'm awfully fond of him." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I hurried after him, my helmet still knocking against the roof. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena turned just in time to see one of the larger Champions—one of the discharged soldiers—shove a nearby guard, knocking him to the ground. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I tackled him with all my might, knocking him aside just as the Hydra lunged and the tree crashed on top of two of its heads. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

"You figure they got a number for brothers knocking fish outa your hand?" Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I think about knocking, seeing if she needs anything. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I glance at our small kitchen table, where a mug has been knocked to the ground, tea spilled on the chair and floor amid the broken shards. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

As he opened the second drawer enough to see that it held writing paper and sealing wax and ink there was a knock on the door. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Barris asks when Marco knocks on the open door, unable to step inside due to a lack of available floor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The captain knocked out the oak plug from the end of the keg and got glasses down from the shelf that had scallop-edged paper laid on it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were not alarmed this time by the knock on the door. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

But Carl’s grandfather didn’t recognize her and even backed away, knocking a chair over. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Instead, it sent him careening into an end table, knocking a lamp onto the floor and shattering it. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s knocking aside boats like they feathers, sure it is.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He knocks loudly on the door, and it swings open from the force of his hand. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But before I get around to it, they’s a knock on the back door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Just because they didn’t shoot you all in the head doesn’t mean their intentions were somehow honorable. Why do you think they came here? Just to run through your hallways, knock you unconscious, and leave?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

An unexpected swell knocked him off his feet and even as he put out his hands to break his fall the black lake sucked him down. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Will hooks a foot around one of Al’s legs and yanks back, knocking A1 to the ground. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She knocked again, but still he didn’t answer. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

It was like she could knock down all the walls of the house and then march through the streets big as a giant. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Now he has knocked the ice out of Corinthians’ hand again. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, blacks were also knocking on the doors of North Carolina’s universities and colleges—as whites scurried to lock and bolt them. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He kept listening for the knock on the back door. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It takes away your immunity, makes you knock on wood and count your blessings the next time you hear a siren at night. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I heard a hollow thudding—thock!—as if someone were knocking wood. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Whenever he was rapping, I'd make a beat by knocking on the wall, until Doris or Jazz came banging on the bathroom door, telling me to cut it out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The wind was still fierce—strong enough to knock me down several times— but it was a bright, clear dawn, and the visibility was perfect. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

However, she knew to stay away from Jordan, who would knock her off the table with a sweep of his arm, or kick her if she got in his way. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men immediately spur their horses down the main road of Belle Plain and then into the countryside, knocking on farmhouse doors and questioning the occupants. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

One morning she was pulled out of her uneasy, thick sleep by a steady pounding that sharpened into a knocking at her bedroom door. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let us sell Benjy’s pasture so that Quentin may go to Harvard and I may knock my bones together and together. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach the top of the stairs, knock on the door there. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached up to knock a dog from his ear and found he had no ear. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bluebell knocked down a couple twice his size, and although my ear was pouring with blood I was never really in danger. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels as steady and huge as the ground under their feet, as encompassing of every part of him, as likely to knock the wind out of his lungs. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A bigger wave breaks right into his chest, knocks him over. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Just as I am thinking this, there’s a knock on our door. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But it followed along, ten feet behind my board, and when I finally stopped across town, it plowed right into me, practically knocked me down. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When his brother did these things, he would knock him down with his paw and lie on him to stop him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her mother’s magic was more like a jumble of trinkets left in a basket after a long journey—bits and pieces knocking together. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

First she had the wall knocked down and then, when it was not found, the staircase and half of the main sitting room. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if the impact had knocked every wisp of air from my lungs, and I lay there struggling to inhale, to exhale, to do anything. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I sit and wait upstairs, knocking the fleas off my arms and legs, wishing I had Dad here, thinking of my litde brother and his foreign name, Alphonsus, an affliction of a name. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

There was a knock at the door, and Mrs. Donnelly poked her head into the room. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Max lets me push him away, and I knock down the planks that make the little door, nearly falling down the ladder to get to the bottom. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“This is one of Babe Ruth’s front teeth. Got knocked out by a bartender.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"You could get someone to dress up as a pig and then he could act-you know, pretend to knock me over and all that." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As I began to run a wave flashed over the deck and knocked us both down. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He knocked, and when there was no answer, stepped inside. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

After they left one house, on Staten Island, I waited around and knocked on the door, “I can’t believe it,” the woman said, “another visitor!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She could knock them senseless with a few heavy books. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir. I knocked it off the dresser and stepped on it in the dark. It’s still running though.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tip of her cane shudders as it knocks against the runnels, finding every storm drain. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I hope the world hasn’t knocked the poet out of him yet. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I knocked and Penelope and Cicely, Mrs. Holton’s girls, looked up at me from where they were playing on the floor. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She knocked the coals aside with her bare hands, ignoring the searing pain in her fingers. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes even the fishermen’s huts were washed away, knocked right off their long-legged stilts and swept down the river. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She puts money in envelopes and sends me to churches around the city to knock on priests’ doors, hand in the envelopes with the request for Masses. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, so 1 came to cut my throat along with the rest of us idiots,” Panky cackled sardonically, slapping Amarante’s shoulder, the force of his blow almost knocking them both over. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s writing on the little packets but the words make no sense to me and I can’t risk taking the tranquilizer that knocked out Manchee. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Pet followed, knocking over a row of books with its horns in a moment of careless solidity when it tried to look around too quickly. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The water struck me like a stinging whip, and I was sure it would knock me down. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Just as had been the case so many times before, our naval bombardment and air assaults hadn’t been very effective in knocking out the coastal defenses. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But three days later, it’s not the Gestapo that knocks. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“My uncle was a spy. Thanks to you he’s dead. I found out too much so you knocked me out and brought me here. Where am I, by the way?” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I went to Mother and Daddy’s bedroom and knocked on the door. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

One man, who I think I knocked to the floor, catches my eye and rubs his elbow resentfully. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

My heart knocks against my chest, wanting out. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Around noon, he saw a police checkpoint in the distance, left the road, found another house, and knocked on the door. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Bellingham knelt and checked for himself, knocking the wooden sides. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon, Robin knocked on the door, but Ivy kept drawing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, when he had gotten quite out of breath and Paula had probably grown quite seasick in her box, the girl stopped and knocked on a door fit for a giant. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry knocked and there was a sudden silence from inside. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The questions about his family still knocked around in his head like billiard balls. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace lost track of how long she sat on the floor and cried, but after a while, there was a knock at the door and someone saying, “Grade?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The two centaurs charged at each other full-force and knocked heads, then went staggering off in different directions with crazy grins on their faces. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

There were people everywhere, knocking frantically on doors, jumping through open windows. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There he lifted us high as breaking waves threatened to knock us down. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe snarled, “Maybe the next bullet will knock out that plate glass window you got up front, Nick.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind howled down the straightaway with near-hurricane force, almost knocking me down. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Heavy water pounded against her body and knocked her to the ground, and her Damage Sensors flared for the first time. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

At nine o’clock he knocked gently on Kate’s door and pushed it open. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced around, saw no sign of any lurkers, and then stepped up and knocked twice with the big brass ring. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I was about to repeat myself when there was a knock at the door. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When we landed, we’d knocked over thin, papery containers filled with garbage. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The only knocks on that door recently were bad ones. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Akira jumped to his feet with a screech, knocking the lamp over. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It swings open as I raise my hand to knock. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

‘What’s the need to sniff? The stink nearly knocks me down with my nose held. You stink, and master stinks; the whole place stinks.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But Alice came out of her room only to hurry to the bathroom and did not respond when Olanna knocked on her door. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A soft knock at the door behind her tinned Arya away from the window and her dreams of escape. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“How did you get those bruises? There’s a bruise on your cheek, and another on your leg—has someone been knocking you about?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used the butt of his rifle to knock out the remaining pieces of glass, then pointed the barrel inside. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It briefly knocked the wind out of him, but Carlos wouldn’t let go. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The third time through the clip, there was a knock on the doorframe. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I knocked on his office door a few days before Thanksgiving. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Desperate people knocked on our vehicle when we slowed down, begging to get inside. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Dunbar missed completely and sailed by her over the bed to the floor, landing on his skull with a soggy, crunching thud that knocked him cold. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

My stomach clenches, but there’s a knock on my door and Julie comes in, holding a dark-green tray with a pile of food. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t knock it till you try it,” Beth replies, her mouth already full. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Sapo would knock at my door at crazy hours of the night. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She knocks books around on the shelf, picking one up, dropping it, flipping through another. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I felt a terrible pain in my knuckles and then, almost instantly, something knocked the breath right out of me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There were broken chairs, vases of flowers knocked over, and water spilled everywhere. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Shmuel seemed about to answer her back when there was a loud knock at the door. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hit the cue ball in such a way that it gave a pathetic half roll to the side, gently knocking into a colored ball with a faint click. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He dove and swept his hand upward, knocking the weapon away as it shot a bolt of white heat. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I knocked on their classroom doors and their teachers came hurrying to see my note, and the kids were handed over to me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then you could try and knock the lord into the water and you got to be lord of the crossing, but only if you'd said "Mayhaps." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was with a lot of fear in my heart when, after hours in the fields, a gentle knock at the door caught me just afore I was ’bout asleep. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The knocking comes again, louder, this time with a whisper through the cracks. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was a crash as the second monster knocked down the parsonage’s front wall. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“We sat there for a while nobody saying anything. Then Mrs. Trace got up to answer a knock at the door. I heard voices. ‘Just right here and right here. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found my way to his room on the fifth floor, knocking even though the door was open, and a woman’s voice said, “Come in.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

One of Beatrice’s friends giggled, and Beatrice shot her a scowl. “... which means you could probably knock me around the cafeteria all day long. But it wouldn’t prove a darn thing,” Roy said. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goal of the game was for each team to hurl sticks at the opposing target and knock it down. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get down before you’re knocked down,” I shout and climb faster. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the snow-leopard dæmon got to her feet in one swift movement and leapt to the door, but it was too late: the orderly who had knocked had opened without waiting. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Adina swirled the hair dryer on its cord and let it fly, whacking him in the head and knocking him out. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The force of the blow knocked me into the wall, and I banged my head, the pain of the collision spreading through my skull like ripples on a pond. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Someone knocked on a door, but it was across the hall. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Early next Saturday morning, I go to her house and knock on the door. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He swung the broken sword wildly, knocking the hand away and notching it deep into the meat of the mercenary’s arm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On Sunday there was a knock on my door. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Weasley’s car was thundering down the slope, headlights glaring, its horn screeching, knocking spiders aside; several were thrown onto their backs, their endless legs waving in the air. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

"When I came out here this morning, Dad was knocked out on the couch. So I made him a plate." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

With a final kick, Mark knocked the pilot free.The man disappeared through the gap and the ramp door slammed shut. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I nailed Volkswagen in the glasses, knocking them off his face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then, as they glimpsed the front of Hagrid’s house, they heard a knock upon his door. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Free even to knock her in the head, for he had already cradled that head in his arms. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that moment of confusion, Golan leapt and knocked me to the ground. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I thought I heard Buck knocking on the window and wailing something, but not much more. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Moddom, good-bye!” said the Waiter, bowing so low that his head knocked against his knees. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He might flick off a boy’s hat or knock a soda can from his hand and laugh as the stain spread over the boy’s jeans. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The stench of their breath and body odor was almost enough to knock him out, even without the arrow throbbing in his arm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He knocked on the black shutters with his cutlass, screaming, “You will lose!” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled away from him, accidentally knocking the porcelain bowl from his desk. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom knocks an egg against the kitchen counter. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped back, then came forward and did a karate kick, the crane kick, and—hi yah!—knocked a whole bunch of those pods right off the vine. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s much too close to Annuvin for any decent kind of person to knock at your door—I don’t mean any of you,” he added hurriedly. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Crocodile Guts knocked the ashes out of his pipe and packed it again with tobacco. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave his sisters a couple of minutes to yell and cry and do whatever it was they did in the privacy of their room, and then he knocked on their door. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It's good, because I need money, and I need someplace to go after school where no 8-5s are likely to come knocking. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Throw it to somebody else. Otherwise, naturally,” he talked steadily as he ran along beside me, “now that we’ve got you surrounded, one of us will knock you down.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just about to stab when Bigwig ran straight into it from behind and knocked it sideways, so that it staggered across the turf with a harsh, raucous cawing of rage. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, my mom knocks on the door and enters without waiting for my permission. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A knocking on the outer door of the shop. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

On occasion one knocked the hull of the lifeboat with its tail. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I barely looked at it, just knocked it into the trash. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He could also hold his own in the ring and almost knocked out that monster Carter in the intramural matches last year. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knelt down in the water of Mortoise, Jenny, where he had knocked me—and I thanked God for the adventure.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama said I just had the wind knocked out of me, and I would feel better soon. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When she reached for the bread she knocked a pitcher of iced tea over the table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The tree is burned, freshly burned and freshly knocked over, too, the unburned splinters clean and white like new wood. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I sounded so smooth and calm, at least until I reached for my milk to wash down the peanut butter and knocked over the carton instead. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men knocked the embers into a long, glowing line and began to walk over them as though it were a path. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I had nearly finished there was a knock on the door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As I packed boxes of my favorite biscuits into my suitcase for Fatima and the others, there was a knock on the door. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was interrupted by a knock at his door. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel and Frank had been knocked out by the tendrils of a possessed steampunk bowling ball. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I had about forty shoe boxes stacked in a corner, and he knocked all of them over. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

There was a knock on the door; then it opened, and Armpit’s mother leaned her head in. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

A miniature hurricane of water and ice vapor churned around him as he waded through the enemy, knocking Roman ghosts away, deflecting arrows and spears. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

You could have knocked me over with a chicken feather. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She knocked one of them out of the sky with her guns, and the rest scattered. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It seemed she was softly knocking, asking would we please allow her in. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She lay in the dimness, watching the sky darken, until Mia knocked on the door carrying a steaming mug of tea. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a broken section in the brickwork, as if a sledgehammer had knocked a hole in the wall. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Cholly picked her up and knocked her down with the back of his hand. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five hours ago, before he knocked on Guitar’s door, he had stood on the top step, dripping in the summer rain that still patted the window, imagining that the drops were tiny steely picks. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m going for fourths or maybe it’s fifths when I hear the knock. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slogged up to Joey’s window and knocked on it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Just then two of the Spencer girls knocked on the front door. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I knocked and went into his room with a glass of the cold tea and a soft-boiled egg I had stirred up in a cup, hoping I could get him to eat a few bites. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the recoil knocked the easel sideways and sent more projectiles shooting all over the room. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I scrambled to a little niche where a statue of the Virgencita was standing, and begging her pardon, I knocked her and her pedestal over. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rat bowled over, completely winded, all the fight knocked out of its body. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Until, one day, she knocks on the door of the Orphanage of the Good Shepherd. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But then there came a loud knock on the door and the man jerked awake, raising a wand in his right hand and a short knife in his left. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

His voice trails off, and my fingers curl against the cool window, wanting to smash it, but I can barely manage a knock. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Maryam’s cousin—a merchant of rare furs—knocks on the doctor’s back gate. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The punch was more out of fear than bravado, but it knocked me down. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Loli then recounts how Ester rushed at her with an ironing board and chased her into the stairwell of their building, knocking her against the wall and holding her there like a prisoner. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a knock and Barb peers around the door, meeting my eyes as she holds up a sheet full of test results. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He must have known I was going to knock on his door that day, because she must have told him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their center knocked it away and I got it at the foul line. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Abuela is knocked aside when the crowd surges forward, but I’m carried high on the back of the beast as it forces its way through the gate. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I pulled on my shoes, Kevin knocked once and then opened the door, stepping inside. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

And in between these dances she would curtsey and make sweeping bows and knock her head against the dandelions. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

No longer worried about knocking something over, I circle the empty room, wondering where they could’ve put him. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But Nick came up on his blind side when he saw the spin and knocked the ball away. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I probably could have knocked him flat, but I didn’t. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Presently Kit opened the door to Prudence’s timid knock and was comforted by the pleasure that rushed into the child’s face. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked a rhythm on the vicarage knocker and finished with the doorbell. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Coach bellowed, waving his bat and knocking over a plate of apples. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And so, a few minutes later, it was Reynie who knocked on the study door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

An hour later there was the sound of heavy footsteps on the front porch and a loud knock came. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strange bird sounds answer me: ca-caw of crows, whoop of owls, knocking woodpeckers, and a whistling nightingale. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Their expanded powers permitted them to knock on anyone’s door to pursue an accusation and for random inspections as well, in the name of public safety. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Tweaking Miss Lilian’s skirts, knocking pictures off the walls, breaking knickknacks, slamming doors, hiding her jewelry, taking her money—small things compared to what she’d done to us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Women said, “Can you beat it, the bruja is knocking on our door once more.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knocked a wheel of cheese to the ground. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Me not thinking anything but diving at the guy, knocking the bottle from his hand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

They wind up back at the first statue, Samson Slaying a Philistine, the one that knocked the wind out of Alex when they walked in. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

An old woman answered my knock and gave me the drink of water I asked for and nearly talked my arm off. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore knocked three times and Harry saw sudden movement behind the kitchen window. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

On cue, Bull punched Cecil in the stomach, and drove his shoulder into his chest, knocked him over a table, and onto the floor. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a half hour there was a knock and I yelled back in English, “Leave me alone!” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ambassador Mahomey was knocking himself out being exceptionally friendly and jovial. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soldier York gives the pair of us an approving nod as we knock off for the day. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The willow pulled his sword from him and knocked him back, picking him up by his ankles a moment later and hanging him upside down. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

"He got knocked off his horse and fell in the dirt," the king pointed out. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as Brum exited the hold, they were knocking each other affectionately on the shoulders, laughing in relief and satisfaction. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They have to knock you out and you have to stay overnight in the hospital. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He pushes Uncle Pat on the shoulder and knocks him back against the wall. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He wrestled it from the shocked officer’s hands and struck him with it in the head, knocking his Nazi hat into the muck, striking his raised arms again and again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Men knocked them down with poles or toppled the trees they were sitting on. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The impact knocked the air out of my lungs. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark when she knocked on the back door. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If one of the kids knocked, there was sometimes a long pause before Mom answered, “Yes? Do you need something?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

In the middle of all this knocking down and getting knocked down and getting back up again, I could see Erik standing at the fifty-yard line, untouched by it all. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily took a deep breath and knocked on her brother’s door. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She strode up to it as if she were coming to collect the rent and knocked hard, twice. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I fell asleep, and slept very soundly for a couple of hours until I was awakened by a knock at the door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Father,” William began again, speaking more quickly now, as the knocking grew louder. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was all knocked right out of me in the anteroom, before I ever saw the king. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He carried a pot of tea to her door, knocked softly, opened the door, and went in. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knock on the door and wait for her to tell me to come in. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Apparently my father had told my mom about my list in the plane on the way home, and I guess the news had practically knocked her into the Atlantic. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He banged away in frustration, as though he could knock the music in him loose. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I pulled up manioc, knocking away clods of dirt and stuffing it into the duffel. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

That's the opposite of what came knocking on the door at the very end of homeroom. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Finally, I did cleanup by knocking the farthest ones out. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Stoker knocks loudly and opens the door. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I didn't even get a chance to knock," she says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Thank the gods, Percy turned his sword—maybe on purpose, maybe accidentally—so the flat of it hit Jason’s chest; but the impact was still enough to knock Jason off his mount. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“When someone won’t let you in, eventually you stop knocking. Know what I mean?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Red Jeyne slammed into his chest and knocked him off his feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She ignores knocks on her door, leaves the mess hall when I appear, and begs off when I approach her head on. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ophie knocked her shin into a wooden crate full of Christmas ornaments and stumbled into a hatstand before she managed to gain her bearings. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Mom doesn't knock—she opens the door and walks in, and by the look on her face, she was hoping to catch me crying or feeling sorry for myself. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When Emmett Till’s mother walked up to the witness chair, I was afraid people in the courtroom were going to jump out of their seats and knock her down. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Tell him it’s someone he did not see, I’m writing in my diary when there’s a knock on the door. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The one that knocked his tooth out has got himself a purple, steel-buttoned outfit that looks like a cast-off janitor uniform. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His palm smacked hers so hard he knocked her off balance. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had tried to take too big a step, and the current had knocked him off his feet and was washing him away. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Outside New York City, Gerta was putting her son to bed when her neighbor knocked on the door. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You could knock me over with a feather.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They moved, clumsy with desire, and one of them bumped against the crystal goblet, knocking it off the balustrade to shatter, loudly, at their feet. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Another loud knock on the door, and then I hear it open. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Ruth would never risk a story like hers knowing the pencil case had already knocked around Hailsham. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ess, who couldn’t ever seem to help knocking things over, whenever there were things to knock. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We didn’t know this word, curfew, so I knocked on the wall to Safina’s house so someone next door would come to the hole in the wall and explain. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her flailing arm knocked over my mother’s drink. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He tore out of the river, plowed into me, and knocked me down. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I attempt to knock on the window, but my hand goes right through. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Would the hunger ever fade, retreat in a kind and gentle way and stop its constant knocking? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I hardly know where I am when I hear about a thing like this and am completely knocked down and out. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

If anyone actually ever came, usually in the hope of selling us food, they did not knock on the door but merely hung about the yard until we took notice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he had ate the whole thing I would have had to knock him down and stomp on his chest. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Now he hesitated a moment, his head thrust forward as though listening, then his hand covered the owl from view, producing instead of the knock which I expected, an icy peal of clear chimes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The full guilt avalanche, thundering down the mountainside, sweeping away houses, knocking me flat. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The duffels are knocking into each other like rowdy patrons at a bar, with Molly stuck between. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

My mom knocks on my door before letting herself in. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Suddenly his elbow, knocking against the inkpot, upset it, and the chair and the desk and the quill pen and his own best clothes were covered with great spreading stains of blue ink. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He slipped his arm around me and kissed me, and we leaned together awhile until the inevitable knock came at the door. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I felt and sounded like I’d had the breath knocked out of me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

After the sun was up he went, still fasting, to the door of the House and knocked. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Garcia knocked on the door and poked her head inside. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was almost a relief when he heard someone knocking on their door. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I knocked, but you did not hear me. I pray you, forgive me this intrusion. My business cannot wait,” she says, her voice both quiet and insistent. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“What I am is very lucky,” Mom said, knocking the side of her head. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I don't know how long I had been asleep when I heard the knocking. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“She has heart failure every time a wave knocks her down. What she doesn’t lose in the casinos she spends on the house doctor at the Caribe Hilton.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Haymitch hasn't paid much attention to his platter, but he's knocking back a glass of red juice that he keeps thinning with a clear liquid from a bottle. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

More men were knocked down by the iron bar. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

With each wave, small corpses knocked against my raft. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The address is the same as before, on Kopernika in the center of the ghetto, and it’s Danuta who answers my knock. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, I doubt he would even answer the door if I knocked,” her father said. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After he had gone to his room she could hear him knocking around and talking softly to himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The reporter knocked on the front door and rang the buzzer—no answer. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I just went on pressing that bell, and oh! the relief when I heard footsteps coming running down the corridor and a knock on the door. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he leapt right into Old Nan and knocked her to die floor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Bull got up to answer a timid knock at the door. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the motel, I knocked on his door. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Said he was going to be passing and not to worry about the stove....When did he come home? I knocked earlier and he wasn’t there!” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If one fell to communism, it would knock over the next one, and so on—one country after another would fall into communist hands. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The knife flew through the air and Joseph picked this man up by the neck and the crotch and threw him into the third man, knocking him sprawling. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Mama leaned in so suddenly that she almost knocked heads with Hanako. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe the knock was some kind of signal that the dream, the strange play, was over. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ice ball shattered as it hit Sigurd’s face, knocking him down. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Her weight, however, was enough to knock the drakon off the side of the building. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I knock on the de Vrieses' door, and inside I hear the clinking of china. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

At 12:10 I knock on the big green door of 21 Thirty-fourth Street. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The walls have been nothing but knockings all day long. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got some nerve, King, coming over here and knocking on my door.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

And when the light broke through again he saw that a great hole had been knocked in the bottom. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve had worse. No broken bones. No teeth knocked out. Just welts and bruises. What would the doctor do?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When I heard footsteps in the hall or a knock at my door, I remembered Hamlet coming into my room, his blue eyes flashing with wit, mischief, or desire. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Werner worries that the sound will knock the teeth from his gums. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Although we routinely knocked the tar out of them in football, there was no way any Big Creek student was going to beat Welch students head to head in a science fair. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The hard surface knocks the air out of my lungs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Life is like crossing a river. If you try to take too big a step, the current will knock you off your feet and carry you away.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“That would explain a lot,” panted Harry, now positively wrestling with Ron to keep him from knocking Slughorn over. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

‘How dare you come in without knocking!’ the Matron shouted. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, we don't knock on the door. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Startled, Amari almost knocked the cup over as she felt her head being lifted. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madame Semele knocked the blackened bowl from the fire with a stick, and she stamped it out in the long grass. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, I can see the construction guys knocking back Gatorade, but the rule is that no fluid or food item can touch a maid’s lips when she’s inside a house. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knocked on the screen door again, this time pounding it so hard that it bounced against the door frame. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was knocked down, flattened, then hauled upstairs to be forcibly searched. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knocked on the wooden door, and hearing a gruff answer from within, she pushed it open, the hinges creaking slightly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t understand why I couldn’t just hold my tics in. It made him angry. He always said to me, ‘Connor, why don’t you just knock it off? Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She threw her first javelin in grappling hook mode, knocking away a lead-weighted net that would have entangled us both. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mom stands inside my room and annoyingly knocks on my door until I drag myself from REM dreams. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

A wave of desert heat knocked the wind out of his lungs when Nathan finally stepped out of his father’s SUV. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I knocked a little harder, but not too hard. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Silas was sprawled on his back, on the ground, where the car had knocked him. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I banged so hard I could have knocked it down, but there was that knob, and I knew all I had to do was turn it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I knocked on his door, and when he opened it, I asked, “Is this appropriate?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a knock on the door and Buttercup stuck her head in. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The boys dash over, their arms and legs everywhere, tripping and knocking into one another as they go. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Willard...I had knocked on DeeDee's door that morning, wanting to borrow some two-part sheet music. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Milo and Tock walked up to the door, whose brass name plate read simply “THE GIANT,” and knocked. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The knock on the door, Cecile ordering us to hide in our room, and her clearing away all evidence of us were not actions of a mother. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Finn were crowded so close beside him that Chess’s elbows knocked against them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Minutes later, there would be a neat report of sharp knocks at the door: rat-a-tat-tat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her lecture was interrupted by a knock at the front door. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the road soldiers were knocking at doors, but no one would open up now. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We stared at each other, and then the knock came again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Tried to take Claire hostage, but she chomped him with her backmouth, so he grabbed me instead. I tried to fight, but he knocked me upside the skull with his gun.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It was the best evening of Harry’s life, better than winning at Quidditch, or Christmas, or knocking out mountain trolls ... he would never, ever forget tonight. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The shock of cold, totally unexpected, almost knocked her senseless. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She got up to the third floor, set the tree right in front on his doorstep, and hurried back down to the second floor and knocked on the door. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“No, Miss Jackson, Momma’s knocked out asleep. Better call back later,” I say. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He’s knocked over his stack of self-help books, and they lie like shallow steps between the couch and the radiator. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Pedestrians had their hats knocked off by passing “roughs.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The eagle flapped its wings hard, creating a wind so strong it almost knocked the gods over, and it dropped the meat. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

And here he was, alone with his chickens, waiting for a knock on the door, thinking that you can’t protect the ones you love, you have to hope they’re smart enough to save themselves. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You said she only knocked that guy out, but...that wasn’t the case, was it? He was killed.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Two days after arriving in the latter community, he brazenly knocked on the door of Edward Weston, who was sufficiently charmed by the overwrought young man to humor him. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time a series of smaller thumps, like someone was knocking in return. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The Warden jabbed at Armpit with her pitchfork, knocking him backward into the big hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

When Harry knocked they heard a frantic scrabbling from inside and several booming barks. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He was going to touch her hair, to comfort her, but Bodega knocked his hand aside. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

After a while, finding no response, I knocked and rang again; still no answer. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

His lips are wet, his teeth knock against my cheekbone. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I followed her to a nearby house, where she didn’t knock, but rather stuck her head in an open window and called out. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I stand at Abuela’s screen door for a long while without knocking. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They bounced down the stairs with a great roistering clatter, laughing out loud breathlessly and knocking their hilarious heads together each time they paused to rest. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

‘Get to it! It’s your best hope. Off you go! And quick, before I knock a few more heads off, to put some sense into the others.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The shelling knocked down power lines, pulverized entire blocks of shops and homes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean to knock the cases over! I’ll clean this all up, Ms. Parker!” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

On the after deck the mast had hit the steersman a slant blow bashing the skull in, knocking him overside, as the brave soul fled the body, like a diver. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a knock on my door, and then it opens without my signaling anything. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We had to wait more than an hour for twenty-two teams to weigh in, but no one knocked Abby out of the top spot. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She was in bed reading when her mother knocked and came in. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Since the furniture was stored between us and the cabin, we couldn’t knock on the wall to get Mom’s and Dad’s attention. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A thing like that is enough to knock the daydreams from anyone’s head. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Maniac thought for a minute, then announced brightly, “I’ll knock on the front door.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One sprang at Frank, but he knocked it aside with the butt of his spear. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, cut it out. I find her to be extraordinarily annoying. All that pet psychic garbage. If she can communicate with animals, how come she can’t hear me telling her to knock it off?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Someone knocked into Harry as they hurried past him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Wash stopped in the middle of Mr. Crane’s yard, but his father continued up the porch steps and knocked softly at the door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I run up the stairs to the eighth floor and knock on 806. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I'm tense from the ride, and I’d like an opportunity to knock some sense into one of these boys. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The wooden screen door bounced open softly with each of his knocks, and a breeze churned the leaves on the big oaks surrounding Vern Devine’s yard. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She was stuck against it for a moment, and Ivan slammed into the back of her, which knocked her loose, and she barely managed to keep ahold of his arm as she started moving again. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I knock on the door to his room but don’t get any answer. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then one evening in late June—she had just read Rachel to sleep—Tim knocked on the door. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He knocked once more then he and Motor Boat went round to the back and forced a door. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The dead are not hovering nearby to knock politely at teacups and tabletops and whisper through billowing curtains. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He is relieved when there is a knock at the door midafternoon. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I had been watching TV for two hours when I heard Louisa’s regular knock. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“He’s not ready, after that knock on the head. He needs rest, and plenty of it, if he’s to get well.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Adam said, “Do you remember Samuel Hamilton?—sure you do. When you were a baby he told me I was a bad father. He hit me, knocked me down, to impress it on me.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Marly! What on earth—” He pushed her aside with a hard big sweep of his arm that almost knocked her down. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The first time, out by Tri Binh, it knocked me against the pagoda wall, and I bounced and spun around and ended up on Rat Kiley’s lap. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, sorry. But if we can get close—” “And if I can knock out the water cannons...” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Our clothes,” he said, “got somewhat fusty in the rebels' little New Year's callithump. They're rowdy boys, and I reckon they knocked down a candle during their celebrations.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t I tell you to knock first? We’re trying to rehearse.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She knocked him off, but then just sat there, too shocked to move. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Tilly ran up on the dock and nuzzled our legs, her big, wet body practically knocking us over. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

And then I heard a sound like the phone knocked over. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed for him, but the leg he was leaning against jerked, knocking him sideways and out of my reach. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He seized a passing serving girl by the arm, knocking the flagon of wine out of her hands to shatter on the floor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When the second knock came before he could even take a step, Luke knew it was Toby. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There was a knock at the side door. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mom knocked on the door just then and peeked her head inside my room. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mom drops me off and waits for me to knock on the door. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

There was a knock on the door, and he turned to answer it, blowing his nose on his great spotted handkerchief as he did so. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The now-heavy crate crashed on Clock Watcher heads and shattered, knocking them into a splintery pile. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was once a woman who knocked on my door requesting that I glean her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I fling open the door to Vivienne’s room without bothering to knock. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I swung my left leg wildly to my side, almost knocking over a kid in the next lane. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

After an eternity, my parents knocked on my door and came in. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The air was knocked from my chest as Chubs dropped me to throw that same soldier up into a tree. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Momma knocked on the back door and a young white girl opened it to show surprise at seeing us there. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

This summer I am allowed to knock on my first door alone. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The light is on, shining underneath the bottom, daring me to knock. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I nod, and Ayesha rises, knocking her head on the edge of the bunk as she stands up. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But no sooner was I home than more signs of the flattening came knocking at my door. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then in a spectacular leap that no one thought her capable of, Ester knocks her husband to the ground, pulls at his hair, and bites his cheek. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The force of the blow almost knocked the stick from her hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Callie, precocious master of the helpful disturbance, knocked her chopsticks to the floor. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Come in, young man," he said to my knock. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached the street they were both knocked down. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dodged my first strike and rolled into the brass section, knocking over a row of trombones with a mighty crash. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I'm told the exact same thing later in the evening when the bellhop knocks on my hotel door. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I’d pretended to knock back a shot with the hockey team too. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once they start knocking each other down, who knows where it’s going to end? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They saw him raise his hand, and though they were too far away to hear, they saw him knock upon the door, and fifteen hearts beat in time to that silent knocking. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was knocking sheets of water high in the bright sun, charging with her fur up and her long teeth bared, filling the canyon with that awful coughing roar. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day we get the “shopping list” from the knockings on the wall. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finn tried to knock the arm away, but the man was carved from stone. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When the fever reached full fire, Kaz dreamed he had returned to the farm, and when he knocked on the door, he saw Dream Jordie and Dream Kaz already there, sitting at the kitchen table. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Was this an example of it, knocking down a young woman who wanted only to teach? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She knocks on the door of a little cottage in a long row of little cottages. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

One minute I was happily burning hydrogen; the next I was on the other side of the Hab, and a lot of stuff was knocked over. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to say I’m fine, but the wind has been knocked out of me by at least sixty-five pounds of fertilizer. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Did she say she’d come back?” he cried, nearly knocking his Mother over. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Sixty seconds later, someone is knocking at the door. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She jumped up out of her seat and stormed off, knocking over Mother’s cup in the process. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thought I heard someone knocking on my door.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was nearly knocked over by the power of it: a gale-force wind, ice-cold, biting into her face and pulling at her clothes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Of course, the regulations said always travel over water if possible, but Holly could never resist knocking the snowcap from the highest Alp on her way past. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

When I get into the hallway, part of me wants to knock on Mae’s door to find out if Ziggy is there. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

With Muhammad Ali you see a mighty mountain, greater than Everest, and can’t no one knock down a mountain. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fall knocked the wind out of him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

With a movement of his hand he knocked it off the tank. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra hadn’t found it in herself to cry—the shock seemed to knock away all emotion and just leave her with a dull, vacant throbbing—but her brother Juan had been inconsolable. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She wiggled out of Gregor’s grasp and ran straight into his dad’s arms, knocking him flat on his back. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Falconer brushed past him so brusquely that he knocked the man off balance. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Seized by a panic I couldn’t name, I stumbled back from the bar, nearly knocking shoulders with the tattooed man. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I had decided to give him just a little more time, when there was a knock at the door. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind us, a ten-ton pig tank was knocking down pine trees and crushing boulders under its hooves as it chased us. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

By the time Effie knocks on my door to call me to dinner, I’m empty. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before Percy could decide, his black mastiff pounced on him, knocking Percy to the ground and barking so loudly that even Arion backed up. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Every time I pile them up, someone comes and knocks them back down. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Next the beast knocked over a jar of apple butter, but the skin lid was tied on tightly, and, flail away at it as he might with his awkward paw, he could not dislodge it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I ran to my parents’ room, dropped the brown paper bag on the bed, and plowed my head into Mama’s chest, nearly knocking her over. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

At that moment there was a knock on the front door. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

As we pass the little library, one of my favorite parts of the Islamic Center, I see that the books have been knocked off the shelves and many are in shreds. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I felt a little like I did back then, my face hot and itchy, my palms moist with sweat, and my heart knocking against my ribs in a nervous, jolting tempo. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t stop until his father said something or Cain knocked her truly unconscious. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The baron and his family —all of his family—were knocking their heads on the floor in front of their ancestors and thanking the gods out loud for protecting them from conscription. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another wave of guilt crashes into me, but it doesn’t knock me over. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Effie's knocking at the door, reminding me there's another "big, big, big day!" ahead. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He knocks on the front door, and his nanny opens it. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Family is family, he told himself as he walked up to the old oak door and knocked. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Spencer knocked on their door several days later, a good-size box in her arms. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It's Grim, and he knocks on my door. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even Darren knocked on my door, asking if I was okay, but he understood and left me alone. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

While I’m helping her clear the dishes after supper, Mrs. Caconi knocks on our door. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom knocked, and we waited as footsteps shuffled toward the door. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

A toddler is playing with it, knocking beads together, chasing them along the loops and waves of colorful wires. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My teeth chattered, my skin turned to goose flesh, my knees knocked. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half a minute later they were knocking a thin, flat bar of solder out onto the workbench. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She sprawled there, lungs gasping for the breath that had been so violently knocked from them. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I told Walter that I thought we should move forward with negotiations and not worry about who knocked on the door first. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took part in an unarmed combat class and was knocked to the ground so often that it took all his nerve to persuade himself to get up again. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

With sudden comprehension, the young soldier sat up, knocking Jonathan away so hard the boy fell backward. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked at the apartment right behind mine. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Rowdy knocked me out, both of our teams got into a series of shoving matches and push-fights. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I dashed into the shop, knocking over rows of T-shirts, jumping over tables foil of glow-in-the-dark planets and space ooze. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He climbed the porch steps and knocked, looking back at me. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Waves of panic kept trying to knock me over, but I pushed them back, fighting to stay mellow, fighting to still my thoughts and stay on the good side of the high. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He lurches forward, knocking me back, and the gun flies out of my hands. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I accidentally knocked my book off my desk.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I have only written down six names when Jenna’s father knocks on the door and asks her to come downstairs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He appeared to be trying to knock the thoughts out of his head. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She switched on her flashlight and whispered in an exasperated tone, “You didn’t even knock!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I knocked on the door, Ema actually gasped out loud and took two steps back. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Smiths straightened swords, knocked dents from breastplates, and shoed destriers and pack mules alike. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

No one answered their knock on the bright blue door. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Jude rapid-fire knocks, doesn’t wait for me to say come in, just swings open the door. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Cloke leaned forward, his long, dark hair falling in his face, and knocked the ash off his cigarette. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When she knocked at Mademoiselle Reisz’s door one afternoon there was no response; so unlocking the door, as usual, she entered and found the apartment deserted, as she had expected. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked on her bedroom door, and when no one answered, I let myself in, wondering where she was. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He stood up suddenly and knocked his nail keg over backward. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was ready, I poured a cup and knocked on the sunroom door. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I stand there, stunned, jumping as there’s three loud knocks on my door. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I'm defensive about everyone in Ollie's supper club before I even knock on the door. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Before I could knock, she opened the door and threw her arms around me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

"It was rather a knock his being ashamed of me. He was ashamed of me for a while, you know." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I stepped over and knocked it out of her hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I attack again and again, knocking down anyone wearing a silver armband. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The foot came down about two inches behind me and I was knocked into the air. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I knocked on the wall to stop all the racket. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her sudden movement knocks me to the floor. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He knocked anyway, but he could hardly hear the rap of his own knuckles. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Grover’s lunch hit the skeleton and knocked his skull clean off his shoulders. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was so dreadful a beginning that Ignatius almost knocked over the table. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was trying to lift it, but the wind kept knocking it over. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked on the door frame to get his attention. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They link their arms around me and together we knock heads. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The younger Dumbledore seemed to be waiting for something, and sure enough, moments after their arrival, there was a knock on the door and he said, “Enter.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He put his hand next to his ear and said, “Yes, ma’am, Miss Bobo, if you listen careful, you can hear it. Does y’all hear the knocking?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Then there was the sound of footsteps on our front porch, and a knock at Trevor’s front door. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

We knock into each other, and he spirals away from me, lifting his hands to. his chest and making a face. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Someone—I think it was Mr. Bradbrook—had knocked the globe of the world off Mrs. Baker’s desk, and there was now a deep valley where the Himalaya Mountains had once been. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Two knocks on the door spurred me into sitting up. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Once the evil man is knocked out, MacGyver smiles and my heart turns to honey. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to the end of the hallway and knocked on the door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He found a door, knocked, and entered a room full of men, some young, some old, all seeming to speak at once, a few quite drunk. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I worked in silence but for the crying of owls, the scrabbling of mice, and the knocking of my heart against my ribs. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When six were burned Lee came in without knocking. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Windstorms, lightning fires, landslides, volcanic eruptions, and other natural calamities knock down trees and open up the forest, or prevent open country from turning into forestland. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Oliver knocked on Hyacinth and Laney’s bedroom door. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Once in the United States some ladies came knocking at the Abbouds’ door when Poppy was home alone. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When her hand had knocked against her pajama pant leg, she had felt something in her pocket: a nub of tile from the Palace of Illusions. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The police knocked on our door around one o’clock in the morning, while I was asleep. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Daddy is washing up the dishes when we hear a knock on the door. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

There’s a knock on my door, and it flies open not even a second later as Barb busts in holding an armful of pudding cups for me to take my medication with. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

So we sat around knocking our heads together, trying to figure out a way to get clothes. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad were under instructions from my doctors to avoid knocks to my head. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

So there we were, all of us laughing because we’d knocked out four oxymorons smack in a row—and that’s when we first saw the red kayak. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She knocked on the door of the dreaded private study. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

We got to the house where the party was, and Patrick did this secret knock. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning she awoke hearing a knocking on the front door and found Tea Cake there. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

White sheets of water, knocked high in the moonlight by his churning feet, gleamed like thousands of tiny white stars. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shifts closer to me, his knee knocking into mine. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Just the fact that you considered it means—” “We’re getting maudlin here,” Sim broke in, knocking his glass against the table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Professor Lupin took another sip and Harry had a crazy urge to knock the goblet out of his hands. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He drove his fist into my stomach and knocked the wind out of me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I will knock him down and pummel the snot out of him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I ended up knocking on a bunch of random doors till someone answered. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Someone knocked at the back door, and Petey heard her mother talking to the vet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Bigwig gave the guard a tremendous cuff on the side of the head, which knocked him clear across the run and into the prisoner’s alcove. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jessica’s the one who killed your plant. Like, she knocked it over on purpose. She told me.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Dana Matherson howled and bucked and tried to knock it away, toppling his chair in the panic. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked again, picking at my chipped nail polish as a thought leaped through my head: Monday hates The Simpsons. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They spoke also of unbelievable things—of Lancelot unhorsed, defeated, kneeling after he had been knocked down. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Together,” Fina whispers, and each of us raises a hand and knocks gently. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Father MacPhail was at his devotions, and poor Brother Louis’s hand shook violently as he knocked. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When he reached up to shove me, I knocked his arms away. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I knocked on the door, and my new employer opened it a moment later. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had expected the blow, but he didn’t expect it to knock him to his knees. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

One night there is a knock on the door and Mam sends me down to see who it is. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Oars flew from their hands; the blades went knocking wild alongside till the ship lost way, with no oarblades to drive her through the water. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without so much as a knock or a by-your-leave, he stalked through the door, brushing past me, eased the saddle to the floor, and, seeing nothing but her, moved down the hall toward Miss Love. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Before he can think of a response, there’s a soft triple knock on the door—June. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Meggie heard footsteps out in the street and then a knock at the door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Different nerves hit me all at once: What if it’s not Rufus, even though no one else should be knocking at my door this late at night? They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At home, we would occasionally get a knock on the door from a neighbor, and my father would step outside to talk, then drive off to bail someone out of jail. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Liam waited until Chubs had raised his hand and knocked before unbuckling his seat belt to lean over and give me a light kiss. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But I was careful not to knock over the cupcakes. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Emily took a deep breath and knocked on her brother’s door. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Once, the military invaded her barrack without knocking, shouting and demanding to know if they were hiding “contraband.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Jason kept fighting, spinning his javelin - slicing through ghosts, knocking ghouls off their feet. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was Trip who tipped her backward onto the couch, knocking his book to the floor, who put his hands on, then under, her shirt. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And the shot, which struck a mountain, knocked it to bits—dissolved it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood in front of the door of Mike's room and knocked. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

"If you see an old man outside my room, will you knock on the wall to let me know?" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Whichever quarter knocks the other quarter over, or lasts the longest, wins. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“No,” Myron said, “he wasn’t. He was knocking on a door.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The seat belt snapped into a locked position when she slammed on the brakes, knocking the air out of my chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She turned toward him and knocked her beer bottle to the floor, where it broke into a spray of brown, jagged glass. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a rising shriek, a shape dropped from the trees and knocked the hunter to the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Just wanted to knock it out before it gets too hot.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Yer a mess!” said Hagrid gruffly, brushing soot off Harry so forcefully he nearly knocked him into a barrel of dragon dung outside an apothecary. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

There was a knock at the door and then a flurry of knocks. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I held on to Papi’s hand as to a lifeline, not trusting my knocking knees to hold me up. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But I kept knocking, until finally the music stopped, and the door jerked open, and it looked for a moment like my sister was going to take my head off. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

They are busy and thinking of ways to be busier because such a space of nothing pressing to do would knock them down. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blast knocks him off his feet, drives him sideways, like the other blizzard long ago. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The November wind came up behind me and knocked me off balance. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Did he knock you down?” asked the King. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t matter how many times you get knocked down,” he told his daughter, Mari- lynn. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Plutarch Heavensbee might have already been given orders to knock us off. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a knock at the door, and when I saw who it was through the peephole, I almost banged my knee on the door as I opened it. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The Harvard men beat a hasty retreat, but two of them were knocked down in a doorway and then stomped on, and two others were trapped against a wall and beaten viciously. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Liz turned away, but as she did, she knocked her math notebook to the floor. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something struck Sam violently in the back, his legs were knocked from under him and he was flung aside, striking his head against the stony floor, as a dark shape sprang over him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He swung him and knocked two more flat on the ground. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

To my relief, a rap-rap-rap sounds out as I do so, as if I were knocking on wood. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Somebody was knocking on the door and I yelled for them to come on in because I hadn’t locked it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When we first walked into the barn, the smell nearly knocked me down. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grampa’s voice sounded strong even though he looked like a good sneeze would knock him right out of his chair. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

But his memory had warned him, and he wasn’t standing quite close enough to be knocked over. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were able to put the fire out, but only by knocking down the tree, smashing most of the ornaments, and ruining all our presents. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jumping against the fence like they’re trying to knock it down and come for me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dad pulled two ice scrapers out of his pocket and said, “O.K., boys, let’s get out there and knock those windows out.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just an ordinary knock, such as is given hourly by thousands of gentlemen, but it made the Professor’s heart and mine beat loudly. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I tightened up and squeezed, trying to stop the leak, but that only made it worse, and Jorgenson punched me and told me to knock it off. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At times, the helicopter flew so low that it nearly knocked me off the cliff. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

After the call with Hideo ended, the first thing I did was rush down the hall and knock on Mr. Alsole’s door. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Kat grabbed me and flew off the train, almost knocking over a gentleman trying to board. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls had knocked the scarf down over one eye and he was having trouble seeing where he was going. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s play hard today and let’s knock the hell out of ’em. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hat had been knocked off by the first branches of the old walnut trees, so he held it in his hand. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The father knocks on my door and stands there, saying nothing. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The dresser that had nearly knocked me unconscious sailed through the air and then stopped, hovering, directly above Horace. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Instead he swung his pole, slamming it into the stone man’s chest and knocking him off the boat into the river, where he sank at once without a sound. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As predicted, it swooped through the decimated doorway without knocking so much as a sliver of stone from the medieval walls. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The priest knocked on every door in the neighborhood. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been looking forward to knocking the rust off of these hands and performing an operation to keep your blood from flowing,” she continued. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When Ivan’s brothers saw him, they yelled his name and joined their father, jumping on him and knocking him over. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

We inched up, the happiness knocked out of us. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan hurried over and knocked on the door to the hogan. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Just as I stuck my face up to the crack, the door flew open, knocking me on the forehead and sending me flying backward, to land on my huckle bones in the mud. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was shaving in my room when there was a knock on the door. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I can hear her, a faint tapping, a faint shuffling on the muffling rug of the corridor, before her light knock comes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She killed her overseer and twenty-three sentries before they caught her. She was a finger’s tip from the wall before the guards knocked her unconscious.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Early one morning, Annie knocked on the door and told me she wanted to show me something. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was just standing there when Dad ran into the clearing and grabbed me so hard he almost knocked me over. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a grasshopper crackling across the deserted plaza area made all three men and Nick’s mom jump as high as if they had just been bitten by a rattlesnake. ^ knock on the door. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone came up behind Em and knocked on the wall tentatively. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I sit up tasting blood and the world waves so much it nearly knocks me over again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The radio was on loud and brassy, so I knocked— softly at first, and then louder. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The stone knocked Merlyn’s hat off as clean as a whistle, and the old gentleman chased him featly down the stairs, waving his wand of lignum vitae. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knock myself out to get him a pencil and he makes fun. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Thomas Lanman, of St. Michael’s, killed two slaves, one of whom he killed with a hatchet, by knocking his brains out. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

The guard knew English, and he hauled the American out of ranks, knocked him down. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was up early on Election Day and saw the man who came and knocked on the door. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now and then the boat bumped into one of these columns, and they found that they could use a paddle to knock themselves free again. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Carlisle knocked one so far out of the field — with a boom that hurt my ears — that he and Edward both made it in. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Benny and Brad, my younger cousins, zipped around tables, pretending to be superheroes until they were scolded by my uncle for knocking over a chair. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I got to his office and knocked on the door. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

After the meeting, André knocked on her door repeatedly until she sleepily answered. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knocks three times and presses her ear against the wall. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In a tight group these eight men walked up to the hogan and one man knocked on the door, which Lady Elephant answered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knocked them off, getting several bites from the soldiers in the process, and hauled her belongings to the cliff. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tore through the hot days of summer, knocking over all comers, winning with daring and flair. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She knocked off a master’s degree in mathematics from Atlanta University, and then taught school in Arkansas, Georgia, and Tennessee before coming to Langley in 1943, where she was hired as a P-l mathematician. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I rode to the water of Mortoise, where a black knight came to joust with me. He knocked me down as well.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knocked on the door and waited for signs of life within the house. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked my glass over as I reached for it, and the blood-colored juice crept over the white lace tablecloth. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Byrd knocks her hand against the basement doorframe. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It made a nice, sharp knock against the table. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was tying his Air Flights when there was a knock. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

And if he had come to the apartment late that night, Maud would have thrown him out of her room, not knocked back a shot of poison. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

When he knocks on the glass to get her attention, she keeps dancing and pays him no mind. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There was a light in the concierge's room and I knocked on the door and she gave me my mail. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then there was a soft knock at the door, and stern Mrs. Delaney appeared and held out her arms. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She could fly through the air or even knock down walls, like the superheroes Matt saw on TV—only She wouldn’t do that, of course, because She was Jesus’ mother. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited before knocking at the glass door. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There’s a knock at the door, and the Capitol man sticks his head in. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He could hear them raise the screen, knock on the window, work to open it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

"You know I don't think Cohn will ever want to knock people about again." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

With a wild swing of the shovel he knocked over the bucket, and commenced flailing and hacking at the snakes in a blind, slobbering fury. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone knocked at the door, and the lift-boy came in with a note in his hand. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He knocked my blade out of my hands and kicked me in the chest. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

You going back to watch them knocking ball again. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was Jackson, about to knock on her door. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He shuffled into me, almost knocking me down, and shuffled away. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It’s a teacher enrichment day and there’s no school, so she figured, why not knock out some hours? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But before I could even think about how to start this sorry day, someone knocked on the front screen door, and imagine my surprise when I saw who it was. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The white men made the rounds last as long as five minutes and each of us was afraid to stop and ask for time for fear of receiving a blow that would knock us out. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tossed them in a basket to knock off the wings and legs. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each morning, when I heard the nurse knock with my tray, an immense relief flooded through me, because I knew I was out of danger for that day. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then another kind of knock sounded over the first dull, bumping knock-a sharp tap-tap, and another, much crisper voice said, "Miss Greenwood, your friend wants you," and I knew it was Doreen. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

When I was done, one of’em at the back had got knocked over and I’d clean missed on the one over the doorway. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I knocked his block clean off eight times. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Only it wasn’t the right knock, so I didn’t let them in...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The horse gave the doors a hard kick, the force nearly knocking Finn over. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

No more knocks on the door for Mr. Milgrom’s pills and potions. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He knocked open the lid and rummaged through the ice. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Well, it kind of clanged like an alarm clock somebody had knocked to the floor one too many times. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Later that night in the Mews, Wilem opened his door to my knocking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He gets up, knocks his stool over, and goes to the door. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Fred had knocked him off the slide, and Calder had hit his head in the fall. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying to balance myself when I heard a knock on the door. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t knock down the skyscrapers when the tenants left; so instead boards went over the windows and doors, and the great shells of commerce were put in cold storage. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In a minute he’d found one and knocked out one end. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God has opened a door we didn’t even knock on.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dwyer came at me so quickly, I thought he was going to knock me over. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A pulsing beam of white energy shot out of my forearms, striking the Mechagodzilla in its chest and knocking it backward. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I knock and then swing open the door after I hear her say come in. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Okay, I get it. I saw you knock on her door. So what’s your plan now?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Just knock me down so you can look good in front of Abby. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I sat up and banged my knee on the table, rattling the bowl of tokhmeh and knocking over my empty teacup. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Monday morning, I knock on my mom’s bedroom door. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Smoke and cinders swirled through the air, and the foe broke before their charge, throwing themselves back into the water, knocking over other men as they fought to climb up. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I'm in as far as my knees when the sea knocks me off balance with a sudden jerk, sneaking up on me like a bully in the schoolyard. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like this. It looks like someone knocked a hole in the wall in there. There’s a broken vase on the floor. I want to take a look around.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Wear this around your head when you sleep. It knocks me out pretty fast.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“She is! If she hadn’t knocked on her leg, I would never have known which one was fake.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Ms. Rochambeau has her hand over her mouth and her eyes on a chair that got knocked over when everyone stampeded over to Evan. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

On one occasion during my first term, I went down to the Matron’s room to have some iodine put on a grazed knee and I didn’t know you had to knock before you entered. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat bolt upright, reaching for his glasses which in his haste, he knocked across the room. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“A new stone,” he called to Lyra, who knocked the first one aside and placed a second on the spot to heat. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I felt like running up to it and knocking it down—letting it tumble to the ground with the rest of the fancy plans Wilfrido had for my neighborhood. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t knock that man down,” I said. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The wet dog skidded around a chair and knocked it over with a crash. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He shot up abruptly, knocking heads with Kamau so hard his brother fell back and slumped on the floor, out cold. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then the door opened and knocked the paper against the wall just over my Malcolm X poster, against the side of my dresser, and into the wastebasket. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled back his lips and showed the preacher all of his crooked yellow teeth and wagged his tail and knocked some of the preacher’s papers off the table. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He moved down the hill, careful not to knock loose any rocks or step in the dry tumbleweeds. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a knock on my door, jolting me awake from my uncomfortable nap sprawl in the hideous green armchair by the window. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Three knocks later, I stumbled to the door and unlocked it. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I scramble off the washing machine and knock on the door. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

So, with half the spokes knocked out of Operation Cartwheel, lots of Marines were just saying, “Here we go again!” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I knock back the dregs that have settled to the bottom of the cup, I feel a slight buzz start to run through my veins. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

There is a knock on the door, and before we can scramble off the bed, your mom pops her head in. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the lion’s head and knocked much louder. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He knew he must have been knocked out. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hit him? You nearly knocked his eye through the back of his head.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“One of you had to get knocked out, you know. If it hadn’t been him, it would have been you.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I thought I should leave it burning, but I did not want him knocking it over. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I make a run for the front door but Dylan knocks me off my feet with a wave of his hand. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"Don't knock yourself out or anything, but just make it descriptive as hell. Okay?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Ginny seemed very prone to knocking things over whenever Harry entered a room. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

When Prosper saw the price tag underneath its plinth, he nearly knocked over a large statue in the center of the shop. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the next afternoon and I’m hurrying down the grimy fungal hallway in Guillermo Garcia’s studio because no one came to the door when I knocked. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She raised her hand to knock at the door and then, feeling that that was ridiculous, took a deep breath to call out, but realized that she didn’t know what to say. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

After about five minutes, Adam knocks on his forehead. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the feet come thudding up but before I’d time to turn, a rugby tackle knocked me flat. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But when the knock on my door came, it wasn’t Dr. Doris. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I had just finished brushing my teeth and was heading back downstairs when a quiet knock sent my heart thudding against my rib cage. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Over and over, he knocked himself out, and you said, “Bring him in to live with us so he won’t do that anymore.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It made contact with a llama and knocked it flat—BOOM. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“That’s the tree the lightning knocked down,” he said, pointing to what was now only a rotting log. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“We can’t take any chances,” she said, knocking his knee with hers. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I woke up again with a start, like I’d hit the ground and knocked the wind out of myself. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I stopped at last wondering which door to knock at, when a person came sauntering out of the trees and greeted me courteously. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he would just take a couple of practice swings and knock the ball down the middle and pick up his clubs and walk off into the afternoon. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabs my head and knocks on it. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lights knocked some of the darkness out of the way and we felt safe again. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knock theirs against it, we give each other dap, and chunk the deuces. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Yet even as the boxcars clacked, knocked, strained, ground, and groaned overhead, it came to me that I wasn’t dead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He kicked again and again, knocking shards out of the pane until he could crawl out onto the roof. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Sure, sure,” said Bunny hastily, leaping up and nearly knocking over the table. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The lady doesn’t stop talking until we arrive at a door and she gives it a knock. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I got partnered with Bernard. I told you about him. He’s mean? Today he knocked his whole desk over.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

There was a soft knock at the door, and Mia pulled the robe more tightly around herself. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was about to say something—“You can knock me out anytime,” perhaps—when Jimmy fell into the booth. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was so startled that he strode into Captain Prince’s cabin without knocking. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesus’ eyes had an inviting look, a calm demeanor, a divine patience as he stood outside the wooden door and knocked. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nguyen kept an anxious watch on Yen, afraid she would get knocked over and trampled, or lost in the crowd. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

We were closer together than we had been since the night her father knocked on her bedroom door. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The first had occurred the previous week, when Cora knocked over the chamber pot. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Pretend to be groggy when Mom knocks with official wake-up call. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Luke knocked on the thin door of the trailer and waited. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A second rock struck Shin in the head, knocking him to the ground and making him dizzy. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She marched up to the midwife’s door and knocked firmly. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dove for the paper to knock it away! 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We roll down the lane at about one-tenth of a mile an hour, putting along so the gravel won’t knock at the paint job. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Pulling their robes up over their faces, Harry and Ron knocked softly on the door. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

As I started up the stairs the concierge knocked on the glass of the door of her lodge, and as I stopped she came out. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mom knocked on my door the next morning, long before the azan. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Josh is walking toward me and he’s smiling even though he runs into William H.’s Personal Space and knocks him down. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Blanca, someone is knocking,” I said, and this time she didn’t even move. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

There go the screams as punches get thrown and Long and Tate are knocked out of view. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Or if I drew shot, he’d give my bowl a nudge, knock it back three feet or so, and claim the round. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Each time the boat drove into a wave, water shot back across her top in a dashing spray that almost knocked him over. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last night we had another little scare: we were in the middle of dinner when suddenly someone knocked on the wall next door. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

There’s a knock on my door, and I look over from the wall I’m staring at, hoping it’s Poe stopping by to wave at me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Her heart knocks so furiously against the cage of her chest that she feels certain the man below will hear it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A short while later, we were in our hotel room, when an official from the Foreign Affairs Department knocked on our door and presented us with a suitcase. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I passed Shawn carrying a large china plate of dinner rolls, and he stabbed my gut so hard it knocked the wind out of me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Later, the city wrecking ball knocked them to the ground. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

One hot dawn they both woke up in alarm at an urgent knocking on the street door. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Next morning a little kid from three blocks away came knocking at the front door. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m joking. Just knocking off for the night. What can I do for you?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He only needed to reach Kathy and she would knock down every wall to get to him. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Those men knocked on our door,” said Helena. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You already alone. If you want more alone, I can knock you into the middle of next week, and leave you there.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama Oji knocked; Olanna took a deep calming breath before she opened the door and gave her a bar of soap. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It hit Noa in the side of the skull, knocking her to the floor. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He pops out of the dining room, walks down to the far window and back, and knocks on everyone’s door, even if they’re awake and right in his face. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

David must knock/ “No toys in the fish tank,” he says. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wing of the butterfly had been completely knocked off the body. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stomp up the concrete steps, and before I know it, my hand is knocking on the chipped, wooden door. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He was about to knock on the door when he heard voices inside. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tom went out of the room and they heard his clodhopper feet knocking on the flinty ground outside. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead she responded by raising her center of gravity just enough for the kick to knock her feet out from under her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When Arturo and I sat together at the kitchen table that night, I was quiet and preoccupied, staring into my cup of tea, the only sound the knocking of the radiator. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure what I am most: embarrassed or freaked out or just knocked to my senses by seeing a forgotten blood relative. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I knocked at the door, but he called out and said he had made a mistake.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked on his office door quietly, as if I hoped he wouldn’t answer, and soon was sitting silently across from him. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It does distract me from my other distractions for a bit, and I’m able to knock out my homework and shower without getting sidetracked. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Celia maintains that no amount of money is worth such an excruciating experience, but Hector is insistent, and so they continue to travel, levitating tables and producing phantom knocking on all manner of well-papered walls. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I was responding to one of Emily’s comments when I heard a knock at the door. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I made a valiant effort to win a stuffed whale by pitching a ball at a pyramid of bottles, but never managed to knock down more than two. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Just as I was about to call, my dad knocked on the band room door. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Yakov told me that his family died in an accident. That a cow knocked over a lantern while a neighbor was drunk. I just thought...” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We all eat and drink and play some cards until a knock at the door brings the boyfriend in. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He heard a groan, looked over to see the man he’d knocked out crawling to his hands and knees. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I could tell she was really upset because she didn’t holler at me for barging in without knocking. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was a hard knock at the back door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they sound so close that Marie-Laure fears they might graze the rooftops, knock over chimneys with their bellies. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But the old one’s tricks were not knocked out of him; far from it. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, he had been known to walk halfway across town, knock on a door and say sweetly to a surprised parent, “I hear there’s a birthday boy in here.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I stopped at Father and Mothers door and considered knocking on it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Robert knocked the dust from his hat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up in those big five-story apartment buildings and the narrow wooden houses in between people knock on each Other’s doors to see if anything is needed or can be had. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, there are those who blow you kisses or try to take hold of your arm, but they’re definitely knocking on the wrong door. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Finally, he found the door he was looking for and knocked gently, keeping his voice at a whisper. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“You need to stop taking yourself so seriously, little girl,” Dina said when Molly asked her to knock it off. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Whoever was knocking at the door didn’t want to stop. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up my glass and knock it into Taryn’s, then drain it to the very dregs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Once, indeed, I became so infuriated that I ran at him blindly and gave him a mighty jab in the stomach and knocked him down. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bump into a waist-high table while eyeing an antique clock on top of a bookshelf, knocking over their display copies of back-to-school books. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I threw my hands up in frustration, knocking into Mom’s mug. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

One Friday afternoon, three translucent ladies knocked at the door to the big house on the corner. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Late on the night of May 28, we were awakened by shouts and fierce knocking on our cell doors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I climb onto the rock ledge and dive into the water, and it knocks the breath out of me because it’s cold, not warm. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The smith’s prentice grabbed for his iron rod and ended up knocking it to the floor where it rolled in a wide arc and came to rest under a table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Today he will not even respond to her insistent knocking. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her friend left soon afterward, and Aunty Ifeoma stormed inside, nearly knocking a lamp over. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, he probably used up a lot of resources helping me knock you out," I say mischievously. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Laughing in fear and embarrassment, some were holding back and scooping up the coins knocked off by the painful contortions of the others. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As for you, young man, I do hope you’ll refrain from knocking another hole in that wall. This building has enough holes as it is.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even though that knocked my little dude down for a bit, he gets up and gains on Sonny’s Yoshi. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We sit and wait, and soon there’s a knocking from above, at the projection window. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

A moment later there was that dreadful man knocking again. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin was nine years old when the North Korean caste system knocked him on the head. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe in addition to carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, it also had a little bit of miranium, the strongest element in the universe, because nothing ever knocked it down. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She pushes her books to the floor and knocks the green nail polish on the sand-colored carpet. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I do believe there was a knock at the front door, Madam,” she said. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pounced on him, knocking him to the pavement. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could get up to him the patient rushed at them, and pulling one of them off the cart, began to knock his head against the ground. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“And my low was knocking my chicken off my plate with my knife. I wanted to die.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Nobody answers when I knock on Madeline’s door a few minutes later. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The force of his own voice knocked him off balance and he tipped forward, falling thickly to the ground. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

As I groped out the door, and knocked at it hesitatingly, I felt that last idea to be a mere chimera. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The farm owner knocked on my door and I invited him in. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, yeah, Mom knocked it out of the park. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

So, late that night, they knocked on the convent door. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hit the ground so hard it knocked the breath out of me. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart slammed against her lungs, knocking the air out so she couldn’t catch her breath to ask any of the thousand unanswered questions in her head. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

At the temples in this area, Khouy says the soldiers mutilated its animal guards, and either knocked or shot off the stone heads of the gods, riddling the sacred bodies with bullets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment the duffel was open, the lady with the beer stepped backward, accidentally bumping me, knocking me off balance. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She used the handle of the broom she’d found in the kitchen to repeat the knock on the ceiling before sending the note up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The force of it knocked Anya’s armful of miscellany to the ground. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It's like he's our age telling his parents he knocked someone up. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He rolled off the go-cart and into the garbage cans, knocking them over with a terrible commotion. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked off work an hour early to pick up that other one, and now it’s not good enough for her. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z