Example Sentences

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Between broken bones — yes, plural — and bonks to the head, Spade’s corporate dork spends most of the mercifully short running time willing himself to be invisible.

From New York Times • May 14, 2020

“When an elite runner bonks, their performance decline in absolute terms is smaller than when the rec runner bonks.”

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2016

The shipping is a tad bonks, so you might want to go in with a few friends and share the pain.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2010

In addition to new traditional park features, creative wooden elements will complement the park design, including tree bonks, slides and a hitching post.

From Time Magazine Archive

When she sits up without thinking, she bonks her head.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti