Example Sentences

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The massive, stainless steel behemoth bonked into the sign around 11:45 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2024

I threw my hands up in terror but failed to block the projectile, which bonked me, hard, on the head.

From Slate • May 24, 2018

Independent Journal Review revisits the time last year when Marco Rubio bonked a kid in a head with a football.

From The Guardian • Jan. 26, 2016

Lying on his left side, Holtby reached for the puck, the one that had already skipped off his pads, bonked the near post and slid down his shoulder, trickling across the goal line.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2015

Joaquin hopes he doesn’t accidentally get bonked with a trumpet.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway