How to Use white knight in a Sentence

white knight

noun

• Sometimes all a town needs is a white knight in a black BMW.
  — Bob Morris, Town & Country, 20 Oct. 2017
• Her methods make the money feel like the end of a fairy tale, when a white knight swoops in to save the day.
  — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2022
• And Twitter is on the phone with their lawyers asking which can be their white knight.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2022
• Perhaps some physician group would like to ride in like a white knight and provide the funding to keep the NGC alive.
  — Ivan Oransky, STAT, 13 June 2018
• But up until last week, Bankman-Fried was seen as a white knight for the industry.
  — Ken Sweet, ajc, 14 Nov. 2022
• Extra bases As white knights go, Steve Cohen has a few bruises.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2019
• Bankman-Fried was a face of the crypto industry and had emerged as a white knight for struggling companies.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 18 Nov. 2022
• This time around, YRC’s white knight could be the federal government.
  — Jennifer Smith, WSJ, 18 June 2020
• White allies should never be confused with white knights—the thought that without the help of a white savior swooping down to help blacks there would be no hope.
  — Jonathan Jones, SI.com, 20 Feb. 2018
• Many of the depositors had hoped that a white knight could help Celsius get on surer footing.
  — Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 14 July 2022
• In terms of stopping the bleeding that continues to be happening for some of these mid-sized banks, like First Republic, is there a white knight?
  — CBS News, 19 Mar. 2023
• Lohengrin is no longer the white knight of the Holy Grail who rides in on a swan to save Elsa, falsely accused of murdering her younger brother and heir to the throne of Brabant.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2019
• In other words, the acquisition premium, or hope for a white knight buyer, is low for Shake Shack.
  — David Trainer, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
• The arrest caps off a stunning fall from grace for Bankman-Fried, who was, until very recently, considered the golden boy and white knight of the crypto world.
  — Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
• Along came white knight Alexandre Fauvet, a veteran of Lacoste, to rescue the ailing brand.
  — Jemima Sissons, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2022
• Another option for the China business could involve a foreign bank playing the role of white knight.
  — John Engen, Quartz, 15 Mar. 2023
• In Taxi Driver, Travis sees Iris slathering jam on her toast, which solidifies his vision of her as a child and himself as her white knight.
  — Leah Pickett, Chicago Reader, 12 Apr. 2018
• Among the cheekiest flourishes, a corporate white knight enters the picture in the form of a tech company known as Grumbl.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 20 May 2021
• Pride himself goes from self-certain white knight to a man questioning his privilege.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 25 May 2021
• Crypto didn’t just lose its white knight last week; so did effective altruism.
  — Hillary Hoffower, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2022
• He was viewed as the crypto world’s white knight, stepping in to rescue struggling companies earlier this year.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 Nov. 2022
• With the country’s banking sector at risk, Swiss authorities stepped in to push UBS to become a reluctant white knight.
  — Marion Halftermeyer, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2023
• The United States wasted no time in positioning itself as a kind of white knight for Europe’s energy needs.
  — New York Times, 6 July 2022
• As the son of a media scion, Kendall knows the importance of creating a public narrative, so positioning himself as the white knight is a savvy move.
  — Erin Gee, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Nov. 2021
• Over the past year, as crypto companies imploded and losses mounted, a white knight appeared.
  — Emily Parker, CNN, 12 Nov. 2022
• The board enacted a poison pill, a defensive measure, trying to really give them time to look for a second bidder or a white knight.
  — USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2022
• And tech entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian also offered to be the Choco Taco’s white knight.
  — Emily Heil, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2022
• Property tycoon Sun Hongbin has played the white knight for troubled companies.
  — Dominique Fong, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2018
• But at the last minute, a mysterious white knight intervened — a Libyan businessman with powerful connections, she was told — and she was sprung from jail.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 8 July 2018
• To rosarians, these predatory creatures — which include insects, birds, amphibians and spiders — are the white knights of the garden.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023

Last Updated: 13 Oct 2024