How to Use knack in a Sentence

knack

noun

• She has a knack for telling interesting stories.
• The jazz musician has an incredible knack for improvisation.
• Once again, Ramaswamy seemed to have a knack for cashing out at the right time.
  — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 14 June 2023
• The event’s knack for drawing bold-faced names has led some to think of it as a West Coast Met Gala.
  — Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• The reigning Pac-12 freshman of the year has a knack for clutch performances.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
• Branch plugs in as a do-it-all defender with a knack for finding the ball from any spot on the field.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2023
• The recent eighth season stayed true to the show’s knack for red herrings and smart humor.
  — Andrea Duncan-Mao, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2024
• Howard senior Nick Formica has a knack for finding the ball.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2023
• Gil had a knack for looking for the intangibles to go along with that.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
• James Johnson III had a knack for making things look easy.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Feb. 2023
• Tyreek Hill was the Dolphins’ best player with a knack for big plays unlike anyone in the league.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
• The two rappers have worked together for years and both have a knack for avant-garde dressing.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2024
• The Rhode Island rapper has a knack for stage diving and doing back flips at his shows.
  — Cydney Lee, Billboard, 8 May 2023
• Wood had a knack for being on a collision course with some of the pro football’s best quarterbacks of the 1960s.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 21 Apr. 2023
• Cushing , a Holy Cross soccer commit, is an ultra-quick point guard with a knack for getting to the rim.
  — Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Feb. 2023
• But the Panthers have a knack for playing through poor stretches only to regain their form.
  — Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2024
• Greg Wiliams His knack for instantly making friends seemed to carry over to the Idol set.
  — Véronique Hyland, ELLE, 25 Apr. 2023
• Finding clothes that are the right size, style, and quality can be time consuming, and many people don’t have the knack for it.
  — Paige Hagy, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2023
• Avery had a knack for reading places and people like others read books.
  — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
• Both have a knack for ripping the ball from ballhandlers or being active with their hands in the passing lanes.
  — Khobi Price, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2023
• Over the years he’s developed a knack for knowing when and how to make an aggressive move on a mature buck.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 5 Oct. 2023
• In Some of her kids might even have a knack for house flipping after watching their mom renovate so many homes over the years.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
• The White Lotus alum also has a knack for pulling off risky fashion choices on daytime TV.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 25 Feb. 2023
• In between singing and cruising with the talk show host, 2013's Sexiest Man hopped out of the car to show off his knack for balancing things on his face.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• Odell’s work has a knack for finding the right conditions and anchoring itself in them.
  — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
• John Owen Lowe plays Ellis' son Jackson, who has a knack for science but in an act of rebellion has moved away to teach flute.
  — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
• Ice fishing, in particular, seems to have a knack for the uncanny.
  — Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2024
• The 35-year-old quarterback is still making outstanding throws and has even shown a knack for scrambling.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• Of the dozens of stars who took the stage at Nelson’s sprawling birthday party, two of the weekend’s best channeled that knack for clock-tampering.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
• Monique has a knack for landing the comedy in the moments when Cherise is naïvely oblivious.
  — Vulture, 20 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024