How to Use knock over in a Sentence

knock over

verb

• The plants are knocked over, and soil is tracked all over the floor.
  — Julie Hecht, Scientific American, 1 May 2017
• In our tests, this leaked through the zipper when knocked over.
  — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2023
• Tombstones were knocked over, some cracked in half; some date back to the late 1800s.
  — Enquirer Staff, The Enquirer, 4 July 2024
• However, the lid is not spill proof and will leak if knocked over.
  — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2023
• The Pak-Vs were also used as battering rams to knock over the huts.
  — Wallace Cloud, Popular Mechanics, 25 Feb. 2021
• Photos posted by the groups showed the gravestones knocked over in the grass, many of them broken.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 3 July 2024
• Wind speeds up to 18 mph and gusts up to 32 mph in the Kansas City area, knocked over trees that fell on power lines.
  — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2024
• Wentz ran for 5 yards on first down on the fourth drive, tried to knock over defenders and got stripped at the Eagles 28.
  — Rob Maaddi, Star Tribune, 18 Oct. 2020
• The beaver will see those as food and steal them, knocking over your trap without getting caught.
  — Joseph Biebert, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
• The goal of the game is to use the frisbee disc to knock over your objects, and part of the fun for kids is choosing what object to place on the platform.
  — Laura Lu, Parents, 7 June 2024
• Heavy storm winds knocked over trees in Harford County, the service said.
  — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2023
• The Gillette News Record reported that 12 empty train cars were knocked over.
  — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 24 June 2023
• The trees behind it are scorched and a lamppost is entirely knocked over.
  — Paul P. Murphy, CNN, 21 Oct. 2023
• The cat can inspire the human by knocking over the paint and walking on the canvas, getting paw prints all over it.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
• Rather, it was knocked over by accident when a guest bumped into the pedestal on which it was displayed.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2023
• In one instance, a wave was powerful enough to crash over a beach wall, knock over adults and propel a truck down a road.
  — Sergio Olmos, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
• She was knocked over and the alligator pulled her into the water by her foot.
  — Will Greenlee, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2023
• My children are just as likely as anyone else's to throw a tantrum on a plane or knock over a glass of juice at a restaurant.
  — Stephanie H. Murray, The Week, 25 Oct. 2021
• One of the images was of a large pole that had been knocked over in a parking lot and another showed signage spread across the ground at a Taco Bell.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
• From this premise, the film starts to spin a feeble air of mystery when someone knocks over some of the graves in the middle of the night and Karsh starts to investigate.
  — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2024
• At the start of the service, a gust of wind knocked over a large religious icon on the altar just a few feet from the pope; ushers quickly righted it.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 Apr. 2024
• Fury hadn’t been knocked out, but he had definitely been knocked over, which was shocking enough.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• Plus, its anti-tip design prohibits it from being knocked over by kids, pets, and random run-ins.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 10 Dec. 2023
• By the following morning, Kevin had knocked over a post and fled into the woods around the family of three's property.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
• The method was used by Brigham Young researchers to knock over a single Lego figure while others remained upright.
  — Chris Holt, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2021
• No suspects were found inside, but the next day, while exploring the grounds, Bishop found that dozens of headstones had been knocked over and smashed, the metal plaques stolen.
  — Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
• At the final dress rehearsal, part of the set malfunctioned and knocked over two miniature art deco buildings.
  — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2023
• Some high-rises have been knocked over completely and most small buildings have been reduced to mounds of rubble.
  — Vasco Cotovio, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
• The powerful winds knocked over campers, pushed trailers up against trees and slid camping equipment off campsites, Beckman said.
  — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
• Along with fierce calls for boycotts against both companies, Target said customers angered by the Pride collection had knocked over displays in some of its stores and gone so far as to threaten employees.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 June 2024

Last Updated: 2 Sep 2024