Example Sentences

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Asked if it had knuckled on Outman, Marte was sympathetic.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2023

Or would they say that he had knuckled under to the King to get himself the premiership?

From Time Magazine Archive

By their light he saw why he had knuckled under so meekly, at the time of his first attempt.

From Australia Felix by Richardson, Henry Handel

Whatever the outcome of a later fight might be, the fact that he had knuckled under to the agent could never be lived down.

From Hidden Gold by Anthony, Wilder

Both had listened to reason and had knuckled under rather than face possible lawsuits and certain publicity.

From Cap'n Warren's Wards by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby